- Date
- May 2, 1976
- Place
- Islip, NY · ISLIP, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4379RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760502010779A
- Case key
- 153703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1667 76/5/2 ISLIP,NY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 456 TIME - 1700 N4379R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 357 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLIP MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISLIP,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- AFTR ENG START PLT NOTED HIS SEAT WAS NOT PROPERLY ADJ ATMTD REPSN.HIT T HANGAR WALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4379R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial 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.