# Accident 19780124009419A: Cessna 150L, Ronkonkoma, NY, January 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1978
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport: Islip Macarthur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.8035° N, 73.1245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ronkonkoma, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8035&lon=-73.1245&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18107 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FHJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780124009419A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 NYC78FHJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHJ12), Jan 24, 1978: Cessna 150 (N18107), Ronkonkoma, NY, substantial damage

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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