- Date
- April 29, 1978
- Place
- Spencerport, NY · SPENCERPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8440UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780429008429A
- Case key
- 142049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1880 78/4/29 SPENCERPORT,NY CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N8440U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 2230 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 715 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPENCERPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROCKPORT,NY SPENCERPORT,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8440U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spencerport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8440U · 1
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