Brookline Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Brookline, New Hampshire 03033
Sunday, September 13, 1987 20:25 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/13/1987
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 2025
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City BROOKLINE
Event State NEW HAMPSHIRE
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 03033
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport BROOKLINE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID NH16
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 510
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Unknown
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Light and Variable
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2409
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Sep 13 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2100
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 36408
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:50PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N51085
NTSB Number NYC87LA248
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 150J
Aircraft Series Identifier 150J
Aircraft Serial Number 15069753
Certified Max Gross Weight 1600
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Sep 1 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 5235
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name FRED J. T. DOW
Aircraft Owner Street Address 658 BROOKLINE ROAD
Aircraft Owner City MASON
Aircraft Owner State NH
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 03048
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code NH16
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 2010
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 19
Runway Length 2000
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --