- Date
- September 13, 1979
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY · FARMINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8999UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790913029049A
- Case key
- 133243
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3588 79/9/13 FARMINGDALE,NY CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 157 TIME - 0800 N8999U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- TRUCK DRIVER APPROACHED ACFT FRM OPP DIRECTION ON TWY,DID NOT YIELD TO ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8999U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Republic
N8999URegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2011 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.
Other investigations on N8999U · 2
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