# Accident 19830403010669A: Piper PA28RT201, Farmingdale, NY, April 3, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1983, 19:06 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6907° N, 73.3194° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6907&lon=-73.3194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8219L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 671 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830403010669A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CRASHED (.4)THE PLT CONTACTED THE ISLAP WEST ARRIVAL CONTROLLER WITH THE INTENTION OF LANDING AT ISLAP, NY. HOWEVER, ISLAP WAS BELOW MINS, SO THE PLT DIVERTED TOWARD FARMINGDALE, NY & ASKED ABOUT THE WX THERE. THE ISLAP CONTROLLER COORDINATED THE DIVERSION WITH THE FARMINGDALE/REPUBLIC TOWER & TOLD THE PLT TO EXPECT A BACK COURSE ILS APCH TO RWY 32. ALSO, HE TOLD THE PLT TO CHANGE TO NY APCH CONTROL & SAID THEY WOULD HAVE FARMINGDALE'S WX & WOULD PROVIDE VECTORS. THE PLT CONTACTED APCH CONTROL, BUT DID NOT INQUIRE FURTHER ABOUT THE WX, NOR DID APCH CONTROL PROVIDE IT. THE CONTROLLER VECTORED THE PLTTHRU THE LOCALIZER, THEN BACK TO IT. THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR THE APCH & WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT THE TOWER AT 1 1/2 MI FROM THE FINAL APCH FIX (FAF). HE HAD DIFFICULTY TURNING ONTO THE LOCALIZER & BEGAN A MISSED APCH APRX 2 MI AFTER PASSING THE FAF. HIS INTENTION WAS STILL TO LAND AT FARMINGDALE. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO CLIMB TO 2000 FT & WAS PROVIDED VECTORS FOR ANOTHER APCH. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT MAINTAIN ALT & SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED IN A MARSH. NO PREIMPACT FAILURE FND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC83FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA085), Apr 4, 1983: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N8219L), Captree Island, NY, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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