- Date
- February 3, 1965
- Place
- Calverton, NY · CALVERTON, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N770ACGrumman G-159
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180520
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0153 65/2/3 CALVERTON N Y GRUMMAN G-159 CR- 0 0 3 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1022 N770AC PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 43, 12500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 162 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PECONIC RIVER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N770AC
- Reported as
- Grumman G-159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peconic River
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