- Date
- August 24, 1973
- Place
- Riverhead, NY · RIVERHEAD, NY
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3239YCessna 182E
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730824026229A
- Case key
- 189367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2195 73/8/24 RIVERHEAD,NY CESSNA 182E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4329 TIME - 1945 N3239Y PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVERHEAD AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEBLOIS,ME RIVERHEAD,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: OTHER GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LND TO L OF UNLTD RWY.LDG LTS REVEALED GRASS MOWER.PLT UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO BALLOON OVER MOWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3239Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Riverhead Airpark
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3239Y · 1
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