Cessna 150L accident near Farmingdale, New Jersey, April 30, 1994
On April 30, 1994 at about 5:10 pm local time, a Cessna 150L, registered N1561Q, was substantially damaged in an accident near Farmingdale, New Jersey (Allaire airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The student pilot's improper flare and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 30, 1994 · about 5:10 pm local time
- Place
- Farmingdale, New Jersey · Allaire
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150L · all 150Ls on the register
- Registration
- N1561Q · registry record · serial 15072861
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE STUDENT AND CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED, AND THE STUDENT PUSHED FORWARD ON THE YOKE. THE AIRPLANE HIT THE RUNWAY NOSE FIRST. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED 'I DID NOT HAVE TIME ENOUGH TO COUNTER ACT THE STUDENTS ACTION.' AFTER THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND EXECUTED A GO AROUND. GROUND PERSONNEL RADIOED THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD BENT. THE INSTRUCTOR MADE THE LANDING AND DURING THE LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE FORWARD FUSELAGE. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO PRE-IMPACT DISCREPANCIES.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 710 hours in all; 75 in this make and model; 145 in the last 90 days; 60 in the last 30 days; 610 as pilot in command; 360 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: rgt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,839 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, October 22, 1993; 85 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,600 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental O-200-A (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: BLM
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 32, 7,500 ft by 80 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Other NTSB records under N1561Q the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number BFO94LA080.