- Date
- July 8, 1978
- Place
- Islip, NY · ISLIP, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5486QCessna 150N62693Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19780708041852A19780708041851A
- Case key
- 140391
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4157 78/7/8 ISLIP,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 8711 TIME - 0930 N62693 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISLIP,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CHECKING ALTERNATOR LIGHT,ROLLED INTO C-150.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4157 78/7/8 ISLIP,NY CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N5486Q PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISLIP,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5486Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Macarthur
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N62693
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Macarthur
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.