# Accident 20041118035559A: Socata TB21, Binghamton, NY, November 18, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2004, 08:00 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Edwin A Link Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2086° N, 75.9797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2086&lon=-75.9797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55510, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB21TC (registry code 8680699, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb21tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB21
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041118035559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AVP) ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT TO BINGHAMTON/GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A. LINK FIELD (BGM). ON AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO ILS RUNWAY 34 AT BGM, THE PILOT DESCENDED BELOW DECISION HEIGHT AND WAS NOT ALIGNED ON THE ILS APPROACH. PILOT IMPACTED SOME TREES, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT THEN CLIMBED HIS AIRCRAFT AND PROCEEDED TO AVP. PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED AT AVP WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ROCHESTER FSDO WILL BE HANDLING THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION IN THIS CASE.

## 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 IAD05CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA015), Nov 18, 2004: Socata TB 21-TC (N55510), Binghamton, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper IFR procedure by his flight below the decision altitude, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance.

## Other reports on N55510 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970321012049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970321012049A), Mar 21, 1997: Socata TB21 (N55510), Hollywood, FL, Substantial damage. IFR takeoff into low clouds. Flew 180 off ATC heading into storm. Lost control broke out. Pullup bent wing spar. (-23) on March 21, 1997, frederick meno, cert.…

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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