- Date
- July 22, 1968
- Place
- New York City, NY · NEW YORK CITY, NY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2242TCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109222
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2428 68/7/22 NEW YORK CITY,NY CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N2242T PX- 0 0 4 OTHER AGE 45, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 75 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALL ST SPB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 89 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PURPOSE OF FLT-TRANSPORT CO OWNERS.ROBERTSON STOL CONVERSION.RT QUARTERING HEADWIND 18-20K,GUSTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2242T
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wall St Spb
N2242TRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2007 · Cessna A185EAirframe modelCessna A185EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.