- Date
- May 19, 1979
- Place
- Massapequa, NY · MASSAPEQUA, NY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3309UCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1314 79/5/19 MASSAPEQUA,NY CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 388 TIME - 0715 N3309U PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZAHNS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ZAHNS,NY OSWEGO,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT HAD ACCUMULATED A TOTAL OF 17 ACTUAL INST TIME.APPROX 3 HRS ACTUAL INST FLOWN LAST 6 MONTHS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3309U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Zahns