- Date
- November 6, 1973
- Place
- Dix Hills, NY · DIX HILLS, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19731106036572A19731106036571A
- Case key
- 188240
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3221 73/11/6 DIX HILLS,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1229 N5569Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 27, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY NEW HAVEN,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- COLLIDED 5 3/4 MI NE OF REPUBLIC ARPT. HAD DEP REPUBLIC FOR DEST 4 MIN BFOR IMPACT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3221 73/11/6 DIX HILLS,NY CESSNA 182P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 375 TIME - 1229 N21208 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- DEP REPUBLIC ON LOCAL FLT 8 MIN BFOR IMPACT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N21208
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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- Registration
- N5569Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.