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Event NYC88LA130

1988-04-25 NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, United States Airport · HVN None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4528V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 35

Year of manufacture

1948 · 40 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560505

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A57D0E

Registrant of record

HAGGLUND CARL D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING ENGINE START THE THROTTLE JAMMED IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION AND COULD NOT BE PULLED BACK TO THE IDLE POSITION TO RETARD THE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ROLLING AND COLLIDED WITH AN UNOCCUPIED PARKED AIRCRAFT. EXAMINATION OF THE THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM REVEALED A NUT THAT HAD NOT BEEN SAFETIED HAD BACKED OFF. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_NYC88LA130.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. 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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