- Date
- June 21, 1974
- Place
- Fishers Island, NY · FISHERS ISLAND, NY
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3115UCessna 182F
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740621018859A
- Case key
- 126465
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1404 74/6/21 FISHERS ISLAND,NY CESSNA 182F CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 7500 TIME - 1900 N3115U PX- 0 2 0 NS CTR PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERFORD,CONN FISHERS ISLAND,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STEEP TURN TO FINAL APCH.LOST CTL IN TURN.VIS RESTRICTED BY FOG OVR WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3115U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elizabeth
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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