- Date
- August 11, 1974
- Place
- Islip, NY · ISLIP, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6518GCessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740811024639A
- Case key
- 138623
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4117 74/8/11 ISLIP,NY CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 59 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N6518G PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINDHAM,CONN ISLIP,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6518G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Macarthur
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.