- Date
- August 22, 1972
- Place
- Smithtown, NY · SMITHTOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6983FCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167546
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1707 72/8/22 SMITHTOWN,NY CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 131 TIME - 1327 N6983F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEPORT,CONN FARMINGDALE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK REMARKS- PLT HAD ADVANCED CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6983F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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