alw 0 #1 May 16, 2006 Don't know what made me do it, but I had the urge to find something about what happened to my old plane. When I googled it I found a cute story about how a club that owned it nicknamed it Barbeque (757BQ). It had made it's way from shuttling my butt around Iowa to Pennsylvania. Then this NTSB Identification: NYC87FA095 . The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 34542. 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Sunday, February 22, 1987 in PORT MATILDA, PA Probable Cause Approval Date: 7/15/1988 Aircraft: CESSNA 152C, registration: N757BQ Injuries: 2 Fatal. THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT DEPARTED THE UNIVERSITY AIR PARK AIRPORT IN STATE COLLEGE, PA ON A LOCAL FLIGHT IN VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED INTO THE GROUND IN AN APPROXIMATE 70 DEGREE DIVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT WAS ENGAGED IN LOW FLIGHT OVER HIS PARENTS RESIDENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AN 'AIR DROP'. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE DID NOT REVEAL ANY PRE-IMPACT FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE, FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS OR POWERPLANT. The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows: AIRSPEED..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND ALTITUDE..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND Contributing Factors LOW PASS..PERFORMED..PILOT IN COMMAND PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES..NOT FOLLOWED..PILOT IN COMMAND --------------------------------------------- Every day is a bonus - every night is an adventure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleredfrog 0 #2 May 16, 2006 Wow... that really is a bummer. On that note I dont think I am going to try to find out what happened to my favorite car.MB# 4012 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #3 May 16, 2006 Sorry to hear that! But I'm sure that you have great memories of that plane!skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #4 May 16, 2006 That is a pretty sad thing to find out. Kinda freaks me out a bit.. my older brother got his pilot's license when he was in high school and he used to take me flying and we used to goof off up in the air. I used to be the designated TP dropper. In retrospect, it was a pretty bad judgment call on both of our parts. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
