- Date
- December 9, 1967
- Place
- Ronkonkoma, NY · RONKONKOMA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4101JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201099
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4584 67/12/9 RONKONKOMA,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 41 TOTAL TIME - 0837 N4101J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - L.I.-MACARTHUR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- TOWER FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE WARNING AND SPACING. CONVAIR HAD LANDED PREVIOUSLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4101J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- L.I.-Macarthur
N4101JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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