# Accident 19811126075842A: Cessna A150K, Mahopac, NY, November 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1981, 13:50 local time
- Place: Mahopac, NY
- Airport: Mahopac
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3697° N, 73.7407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mahopac, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3697&lon=-73.7407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8368M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8368M-1983-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150K (registry code 2071824, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,789 total, 1,810 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82FHM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FHM02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811126075842A

## Narrative

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

WAS STRUCK FROM UNDERNEATH WHILE ON FINAL BY AN OVERTAKING AIRCRAFT N24790 THAT HAD MADE A LOW NONSTANDARD PATTERN.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N24790, Cessna 152: [Accident 19811126075841A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811126075841A)

## 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 NYC82FHM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FHM02), Nov 26, 1981: Cessna 150 (N8368M), Mahopac, 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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