- Date
- August 16, 1979
- Place
- Islip, NY · ISLIP, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N216DVCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790816036319A
- Case key
- 133692
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3220 79/8/16 ISLIP,NY CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 186 TIME - 1951 N216DV PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISLIP,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- STEERING ROD TUBE EXTENDED INTO CLEVIS END & LOCKED AGAINST BEARING ROD END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N216DV
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 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.