# Accident 19740621018859A: Cessna 182F, Fishers Island, NY, June 21, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1974
- Place: Fishers Island, NY
- Airport: Elizabeth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.2521° N, 72.0316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELIZABETH FLD (0B8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2521&lon=-72.0316&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3115U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3115U-1974-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740621018859A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STEEP TURN TO FINAL APCH.LOST CTL IN TURN.VIS RESTRICTED BY FOG OVR WATER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC74AN114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN114), Jun 21, 1974: Cessna 182F (N3115U), Fishers Island, NY, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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