- Date
- July 17, 1966
- Place
- Deer Park, NY · DEER PARK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8538GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121978
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1885 66/7/17 DEER PARK NY CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 25 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N8538G PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEER PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- PILOT MISTAKENLY APPLIED WRONG RUDDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8538G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deer Park
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