# Accident 19780708041852A: Cessna A150K, Islip, NY, July 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1978
- Place: Islip, NY
- Airport: Macarthur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 40.7303° N, 73.2161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Islip, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7303&lon=-73.2161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5486Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5486Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 350 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FHJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHJ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780708041852A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N62693, Piper PA23: [Accident 19780708041851A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780708041851A)

## 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 NYC78FHJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHJ19), Jul 8, 1978: Cessna 150 (N5486Q), Islip, 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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