Accident · 1993-01-30

NTSB case NYC93LA057 · CESSNA 150K · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-01-30
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 150K (N5725G)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Eagle Air Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EAGLE AIR INC.

Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO ADEQUATELY SUPERVISE THE STUDENT PILOT, AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE IN A TIMELY MANNER WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE DEPARTING THE RUNWAY AND STRIKING A TOWER. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE IMPROPER USE OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS BY THE STUDENT PILOT AND THE CROSS WIND.

Source: NTSB case NYC93LA057

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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