- Date
- April 1, 1978
- Place
- Ronkonkoma, NY · RONKONKOMA, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50847Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780401012419A
- Case key
- 142573
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0377 78/4/1 RONKONKOMA,NY CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 343 TIME - 1701 N50847 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLIP-MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RONKONKOMA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50847
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- 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.