19791230037969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Lindenhurst, NY · December 30, 1979

Date
December 30, 1979 · 18:30 local
Place
Lindenhurst, NY
Airport
Zahns
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N738WX
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FA017
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
121 total15 in this make and model10 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.

Stalled & crashed into trees & houses on second, trying to make night landing at strange airport.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED & CRASHED INTO TREES & HOUSES ON SECOND, TRYING TO MAKE NIGHT LANDING AT STRANGE AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.