Cessna 150J N51085

Summary

On 14 September 1987 at about 00:25 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N51085 was involved in an accident near Brookline, New Hampshire, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 September 1987 at 00:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Brookline, New Hampshire, United States

Nearest airport

Brookline (NH16)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N51085

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC87LA248

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

DURING AN APPROACH TO LAND AT NIGHT, THE PILOT SAW DEER ON THE RUNWAY THAT WERE FACING HIS DIRECTION AND MOVING TO THE RIGHT. HE DIDN'T SEE THE DEER UNTIL HE HAD REACHED A POINT WERE A GO-AROUND WOULD BE UNSAFE FOR THIS RUNWAY. IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID THE DEER, HE SLIPPED THE ACFT TO THE LEFT. ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN USING THE VASI LIGHTS & WAS AWARE OF THEIR POSITION, THE ACFT'S LEFT MAIN GEAR & WING STRUT HIT THE VASI LIGHT STRUCTURE & CARRIED IT INTO A AUTO WHICH WAS PARKED JUST BEYOND. THE ACFT THEN CONTINUED ANOTHER 50 FT AND NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.