- Date
- August 17, 1984, 18:41 local (22:41 UTC)
- Place
- Islip, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N739SFCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840817041529A
- Case key
- 35746
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Communications with twr indicate plt intended to touch down as close to the end of the runway as possible. Acft touched down 20 yds short of hard surface in gravel. Rwy NOTAM stated 18 in depression at threshhold edge.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739SF
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270763
- Airframe hours
- 2,242
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gace Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1984 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- BADR · Atlantic City, NJ
- Destination
- ISP · Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport
- ISP · Macarthur, runway 6, 5,999 × 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 861 total · 340 in this make and model · 752 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ISP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.