- Date
- January 24, 1978
- Place
- Ronkonkoma, NY · RONKONKOMA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18107Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780124009419A
- Case key
- 142823
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3068 78/1/24 RONKONKOMA,NY CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N18107 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLIP MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RONKONKOMA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18107
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Islip Macarthur
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.