- Date
- May 18, 1974
- Place
- Westhmpton Bch, NY · WESTHMPTON BCH, NY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2350QBeech 23N79269Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0011 74/5/18 WESTHMPTON BCH,NY CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 111 TIME - 1730 N79269 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 3 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ISLIP,NY ISLIP,NY WESTHMPTON BCH,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PRACTICE ILS APPROACH LFT GR COLLIDED RGHT WINGTIP OF N2350Q.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0011 74/5/18 WESTHMPTON BCH,NY BEECH 23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N2350Q PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 28, 8357 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 2 802 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ISLIP,NY ISLIP,NY WESTHMPTON BCH,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PRACTICE VFR PATTERNS.RGHT WINGTIP COLLIDED LFT GR OF N79269.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2350Q
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Suffolk County
- Registration
- N79269
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Suffolk County
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