# Accident 19990530006049A: Beech D50C, Montgomery, NY, May 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1999, 15:46 local time
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Airport: Orange County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5197° N, 74.2296° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5197&lon=-74.2296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401JD-2017-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D50C (registry code 1152520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d50c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D50C
- Reported engine: LYC GO480G2D6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990530006049A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA ABOUT 1-1/2 MILES NW OF ARPT, LOCAL AUTHORITIES RESPONDED. 2 FATALITIES. (.4)RADAR DATA DEPICTED AN AIRPLANE FLYING A TRACK SIMILAR TO A RIGHT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THE RUNWAY.  WHILE ON A TRACK CONSISTENT WITH A RIGHT BASE LEG, THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A LEFT TURN.  ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE ACCIDENT, WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING AN AIRPLANE FLY A RIGHT BASE LEG FOR THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A STEEP LEFT BANK, FOLLOWED BY AN ABRUPT DESCENT ANGLE, AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.  A REVIEW OF RECORDED RADIO TRANSMISSIONS REVEALED THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE FLEW A RIGHT HAND PATTERN FOR THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT QUERIED A PILOT OF ANOTHER AIRPLANE OF HIS INTENTIONS.  AT THAT TIME, THE OTHER AIRPLANE WAS AHEAD OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE, ON A FINAL APPROACH LEG.  THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE THEN ENTERED THE LEFT TURN.   A RADAR STUDY INDICATED THAT WHILE IN THE LEFT TURN, THE APPROXIMATE AIRSPEED OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS APPROACHING OR BELOW THE STALL SPEED FOR THE MAKE AND MODEL AIRPLANE.                                                  (-23)NYC99FA126

## 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 NYC99FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA126), May 30, 1999: Beech D50C (N401JD), Montgomery, NY, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering in the traffic pattern, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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