# Accident 19990708047079A: Cessna 172L, Mattituck, NY, July 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1999, 15:45 local time
- Place: Mattituck, NY
- Airport: Mattituck Airbase Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0004° N, 72.5300° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0004&lon=-72.5300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7164Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7164Q-2002-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 28 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990708047079A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING SOLO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS TO RUNWAY 01. DURING ONE OF THE LANDINGS, THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND STRUCK SHRUBBERY.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE INCLUDED A 10-KNOT WIND RESTRICTION WHEN HE ENDORSED THE STUDENT PILOT'S LOGBOOK FOR SOLO PRIVILEGES.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS PRESENT DURING THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT.  HE DID NOT OBTAIN A WEATHER BRIEFING, BUT STATED THAT THE WIND SOCKS INDICATED THE WIND WAS LESS THAN 10 KNOTS.  AT AN AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, THE REPORTED WINDS WERE FROM 350 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 23 KNOTS.                              (-23)A STUDENT PILOT MR. MEHAT E. ALLAM WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS IN CE-172L, N7164Q, ON RUNWAY 01 AT MATTITUCK, NY (21N).  MR. ALLAM WAS ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPTED LANDING WHEN DURING TOUCH DOWN, THE WIND WHICH WAS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS, CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK SMALL TREES AND BUSHES WITH THE LEFT WING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PIVOT NEARLY 180 DEGREES.  WHILE THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED TO THE LEFT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SMALL TREES AND BUSHES  WITH THE RIGHT WING AS WELL. THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 NYC99LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA180), Jul 8, 1999: Cessna 172 (N7164Q), Mattituck, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the solo flight.

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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