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Event NYC86LA197

1986-08-04 HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, United States Airport · CXY None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N93454

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 152

Year of manufacture

1982 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19820120

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACF7A9

Registrant of record

MARSH JOHN E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A X-COUNTRY FLT. HE RPRTD THAT DURING THE FLARE TO LAND AT HARRISBURG, PA, THE ACFT YAWED LEFT, THEN AFTER TOUCHDOWN, IT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY TWD A VASI INSTALLATION. HE STEERED FURTHER LEFT TO AVOID THE VASI, THEN STEERED BACK TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID A CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT WAS INSTALLED PARALLEL TO THE RWY. HOWEVER, THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE FENCE & CAUSED THE ACFT TO SWERVE BACK LEFT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_NYC86LA197.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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