- Date
- October 4, 1970
- Place
- East Moriches, NY · EAST MORICHES, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1149VHoward DGA15P
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158517
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3903 70/10/4 EAST MORICHES,NY HOWARD DGA15P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 29 TOTAL TIME - 0715 N1149V PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FROGS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST MORICHES,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- STDNT CERT NOT ENDORSED FOR SOLO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1149V
- Reported as
- Howard DGA15P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Frogs Field
N1149VRegistered now · Howard DGA-15PAirframe modelHoward DGA-15PEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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