- Date
- August 18, 1971
- Place
- Mattituck, NY · MATTITUCK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8087MCessna 310I
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2776 71/8/18 MATTITUCK,NY CESSNA 310I CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 260 TIME - 1350 N8087M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATTITUCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEPORT,CONN MATTITUCK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- ACFT T/D APRX HALFWAY DWN,SLIGHTLY R OF CENTER LINE-2200FT RWY. WND VLCTY 9K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8087M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mattituck
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Other investigations on N8087M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN89FA218Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportHesperia, CAThe non-instrument rated pilot continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and misjudged his altitude above the terrain. Contributing factors were: the pilot's lack of instrument experience, pressure induced by his wife (the…NTSB CHI65D0084Accident · No injuriesClosedSheridan, IN