- Date
- August 18, 1966
- Place
- Rye, NY · RYE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1285TCessna 150B
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121620
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2378 66/8/18 RYE NY CESSNA 150B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1840 N1285T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH ROCK WALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1285T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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