- Date
- November 26, 1981
- Place
- Mahopac, NY · MAHOPAC, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19811126075841A19811126075842A
- Case key
- 122580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3519 81/11/26 MAHOPAC,NY CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1350 N8368M PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 25, 1789 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 1630 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAHOPAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAHOPAC,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- STRUCK FM BLO & REAR BY OTR ACFT.BOTH WERE HI WING ACFT.OTR PLT MADE NON-STANDARD ENTRY/PATTERN.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3519 81/11/26 MAHOPAC,NY CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1350 N24790 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 607 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 21 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAHOPAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISLIP,NY MAHOPAC,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- CONVERGED W OTR ACFT FM BLO/REAR,NON-STANDARD ENTRY/PATTERN.BOTH WERE HI WING ACFT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N24790
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mahopac
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
- N8368M
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mahopac
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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19811126075841ACessna 152 · Mahopac, NJOvertook and collided from underneath with N8368M while making a nonstandard pattern. Failed to yield right of way.Accident 19811126075842ACessna A150K · Mahopac, NYWas struck from underneath while on final by an overtaking aircraft N24790 that had made a low nonstandard pattern.