# Accident 19961022033249A: Tmpson NAVION*, Utica, NY, October 22, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1996, 15:26 local time
- Place: Utica, NY
- Airport: Oneida County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0702° N, 75.2802° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0702&lon=-75.2802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4564K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4564K-1998-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION (registry code 6150160, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVION*
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961022033249A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED TO FINAL. ALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT LOST. CRASHED AND BURNED IN RURAL AREA NEAR A SCHOOL. (.4) THE PILOT HAD FLOWN 1 HOUR AND 35 MINUTES IN IMC CONDITIONS UNEVENTFULLY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE PILOT WAS GIVEN A VECTOR TO INTERCEPT THE LOCALIZER AND WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 33 APPROACH. APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LATER THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE TOWER '... ON THE APPROACH' AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND. RADAR DATA SHOWED THAT THE AIRPLANE INTERCEPTED THE LOCALIZER PATH, AND A LEFT TURN CONTINUED TO A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED THROUGH 3,000 FEET AND RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. A WITNESS 1/4 MILE FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE SAID HE HEARD AND SAW THE AIRPLANE PULLING STRAIGHT UP, AND HE OBSERVED THE RIGHT WING SEPARATE. WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT IN A WOODED AREA, AND WAS SCATTERED OVER A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET. THE RIGHT FLAP PANEL WAS SUSPENDED IN A TREE, 75 FEET HIGH AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS WERE 102 AND 93 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. INSPECTION OF THE WING ROOTS REVEALED THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING SPARS WERE FRACTURED AT 45 DEGREES FROM THE TOP TO LOWER SPAR CA                                     PS. ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE, THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO BE 500 FOOT OVERCAST WITH 4 MILES VISIBILITY IN RAIN SHOWERS. THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR WAS EXAMINED AT THE NTSB LAB. THE NTSB REPORT STATED: '...VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE CASE DISCLOSED NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATION DAMAGE.'

## 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 IAD97FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97FA011), Oct 22, 1996: Ryan Navion (N4564K), New Hartford, NY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control for undetermined reasons.

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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