- Date
- January 18, 1967
- Place
- Ronkonkoma, NY · RONKONKOMA, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3689JCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118804
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0343 67/1/18 RONKONKOMA NY CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1707 N3689J PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 24, 811 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACARTHUR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FUEL LINE ICED UP IN LOW POINT OF SYSTEM BETWEEN FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND GASCOLATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3689J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Macarthur
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