- Date
- July 24, 1982, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jamaica, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9426ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820724068349A
- Case key
- 71180
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
An airport operations agent, in a port authority automobile monitored ground control conversation with the pilot and offered to assist N9426E in locating the active runway. When approaching the lost aircraft's position the vehicle driver experienced sun glare and collided with N9426E.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9426E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-72261
- Airframe hours
- 952
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- East Hampton Flight Service
- Registered owner
- Sale Reported
- Departed
- JFK · Jamaica, NY
- Destination
- HTO · East Hampton, NY
- Airport
- JFK · John F.Kennedy Int'L, runway 13, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 1,250 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 117 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.