Cessna 152 N5520M

Summary

On 27 November 1983 at about 14:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5520M was involved in an accident near Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 November 1983 at 14:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Marlborough (9B1)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N5520M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lawrence → Marlborough

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84LA041

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING FINAL APPROACH TO LAND. THE ACFT WAS ON A SHORT FINAL TO RWY 32 AT MARBOROUGH WHEN THE LEFT WHEEL AND LEFT WING STRUCK TREE TOPS A SHORT WAY FROM THE RWY THRESHOLD. THE ACFT TURNED ABOUT 70 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE LINE ALONG THE ARPT BOUNDARY. ACCORDING TO THE PLT/OPERATOR ACFT ACCIDENT REPORT, THE COMMERCIAL PLT IN THE RIGHT SEAT WAS THE PLT-IN-COMMAND. HE WAS AN APPLICANT FOR A FLT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE. THE OCCUPANT IN THE LEFT SEAT WAS A CERTIFIED FLT INSTRUCTOR (CFI).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.