- Date
- April 24, 1974
- Place
- Ronkonkoma, NY · RONKONKOMA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N503ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740424030699A
- Case key
- 201509
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0034 74/4/24 RONKONKOMA,NY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 21 TOTAL TIME - 0745 N503E PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLIP MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RONKONKOMA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- L WING HIT PINE TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N503E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Islip 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.