# Accident 20090726048229A: White NEW STANDAR, Rhinebeck, NY, July 26, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2009, 16:40 local time
- Place: Rhinebeck, NY
- Airport: Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 177J
- Location: 41.9694° N, 73.8578° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9694&lon=-73.8578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19157, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19157) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: White NEW STANDARD D-25 (registry code 9670102, https://openairdocs.org/model/white-new-standard-d-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WHITE NEW STANDAR
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR W670-6N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 66 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA424) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090726048229A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/27/09 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PIC OF N19157 DURING A SIGHTSEEING OPERATION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PILOTING HIS 4TH CONSECUTIVE SIGHTSEEING RIDE, CARRYING 2 PASSENGERS.  ON TAKE-OFF ROLL, AT FULL POWER, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FOR 370' BEFORE DEPATRTED THE GRASS RUNWAY, TO THE LEFT SIDE, AND ENTERED AN AREA OF BRUSH AND SMALL TREES.  EVIDENCE FROM A VIDEO TAKEN BY ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SHOWS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REMAINED AT FULL POWER FOR AN ADDITIONAL 320' THROUGH THE AREA OF BRUSH, FINALLY LAUNCHING OFF A 15-20' ROCK EMBANKMENT, IMPACTING TREES WITH BOTH WINGS AND SETTLING IN A SWAMP WITH THE PROPELLER STILL TURNING AGAINST A THIRD TREE.   EVIDENCE FROM THE VIDEO SHOWS THE AIRPLANE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY ON TAKE-OFF AND CONTINUING WITH FULL POWER AFTER ENTERING THE BRUSH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FINAL IMPACT.  NO ATTEMPT TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF WAS MADE BY EITHER REDUCING POWER OR APPLYING BRAKES,  THE VIDEO SHOWS NO APPARENT MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA09CA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA424), Jul 26, 2009: White New Standard (N19157), Rhinebeck, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident was a depression near the edge of the turf runway that the airplane…

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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