Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Brookline Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Brookline, New Hampshire 03033
Friday, December 5, 2014 11:10 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On December 5, 2014, about 1110 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150J airplane, N50709, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain near Brookline Airport (NH16), Brookline, New Hampshire. The student pilot received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the cross-country flight, which departed from Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM), Lawrence, Massachusetts about 1000 and was destined for Dillant-Hopkins Airport (EEN), Keene, New Hampshire. The instructional flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
In his written statement, the student pilot reported that he had been cruising at an approximate altitude of 2,500 feet mean sea level, on VFR flight following to remain under a cloud ceiling. Halfway through the flight, the pilot noticed that the ceilings were lower than anticipated and decided to return to LWM. He turned the airplane around and two minutes later the engine rpm declined to below 2000 rpm. The pilot applied carburetor heat, but did not see a change in engine power. He then reported a "system malfunction" to Air Traffic Control and navigated the airplane towards NH16. While on approach to runway 01, the pilot noticed he was gradually losing engine rpm and decided to land the airplane in a small field. During the landing attempt the airplane impacted the ground damaging the right wing and buckling the firewall before coming to rest.
According to the responding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the airplane came to rest a half mile southeast of the approach end of runway 01 in a small field adjacent to a road. The airplane was oriented on a heading of about 075 degrees magnetic.
From photographs, an outboard section of the right wing leading edge was impact damaged with traces of dirt, consistent with impacting the ground. The nose landing gear was found in the dirt about 25 feet from the main wreckage between two parallel landing gear marks. The propeller had one blade bent forward slightly, while the opposite blade was bent slightly aft.
The wreckage was retained for further examination at a later date.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/5/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1110 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | Brookline |
| Event State | NEW HAMPSHIRE |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 03033 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 424405N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0714134W |
| Event Location Airport | Brookline |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | NH |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 180 |
| Airport Elevation | 415 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1022 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 90 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ASH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 200 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 9 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 2800 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -3 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Variable |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 3 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Light and Variable |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.7 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | SPECI KASH 051522Z VRB03KT 10SM BKN028 M03/M09 A30 |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Eastern ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 22 2014 9:00AM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N50709 |
| NTSB Number | ERA15LA072 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 150J |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15069499 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1600 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 1 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 2 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 10 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 94 |
| Airframe Hours | 6506 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Eagle East Aviation Inc. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | North Andover |
| Aircraft Owner State | MA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 01845 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Eagle East Aviation Inc. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | North Andover |
| Operator State | MA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 01845 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | LWM |
| Departure City | Lawrence |
| Departure State | MA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1000 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | EEN |
| Destination City | Keene |
| Destination State | NH |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 22 2014 9:00AM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |