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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150 · Stratford, CT · September 23, 1978

Date
September 23, 1978 · 15:30 local
Place
Stratford, CT
Airport
Sikorsky Memorial
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8661J
Reported as
Cessna 150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Instructor failed to follow ATC instructions.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO FOLLOW ATC INSTRUCTIONS.