# Accident 20071121829559A: Cirrus SR20, Newburgh, NY, November 21, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2007, 01:45 local time
- Place: Newburgh, NY
- Airport: Stewart International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4914° N, 74.1689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4914&lon=-74.1689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108GD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N108GD-2008-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 470 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071121829559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/21/2007 AT 0145(L) INSTRUMENT RATED AIRMAN, AFTER MISSED APPROACH, ATTEMPTED A SECOND APPROACH TO RNY 09 @KSWF. WEATHER AT THE TIME: WIND 250/5, 1/4 MI VIS, RVR 2000, OVCST @400, TEMP/DPT 4/4, FOG, MIST, ALTIM 3007. TRACES SHOW A/C ON FINAL DRIFTING 10 DEGREES RIGHT OF COURSE, SLOWING, AND DESCENDING AND IMPACTS A TREELINE 2 MI SHORT OF RUNWAY. BRIEF CONTACT WITH SURVIVOR REVEALED THAT THE A/C MAY HAVE BEEN "OFF AUTO PILOT" ON 2ND APPROACH. AIRMAN LEFT HOME BASE (KLOM) @ 1600 ON 11/20 FOR 2 HR FLIGHT TO LYNCHBURG, VA (LYH). DEPARTED LYH @ 2250 THAT EVENING FOR STEWARD INT'L (SWF) AND CRASHED @ 0145. LEG WAS 2 HRS 55 MIN: TOTAL IS ALMOST 5 HRS FLT TIME FOR DAY. (-23 AMENDMENT) AIRMAN AWOKE @ 0700 ON 11/20, DEPARTED HOME BASE (KLOM) @ 1600 FOR 2 HR FLIGHT TO LYNCHBURG, VA (LYH). DEPARTED LYH @2250 THAT EVENING FOR STEWART INT'L (SWF) AND CRASHED @0145. 11/21 (5 HRS +/-FLT TIME)

## 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 NYC08FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA041), Nov 21, 2007: Cirrus Design SR20 (N108GD), New Windsor, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glidepath during an instrument-landing-system approach in fog. Contributing to the accident were pilot fatigue and air traffic control's failure to issue a…

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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