- Date
- September 6, 1976
- Place
- N Amityville, NY · N AMITYVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1382UCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760906034979A
- Case key
- 155885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2789 76/9/6 N AMITYVILLE,NY CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 239 TIME - 1628 N1382U PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZAHNS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP AMITYVILLE,NY RETURN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OVERSHOT RWY AND ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND W LESS THAN FULL PWR AND FULL FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1382U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Zahns
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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.