# Accident 20160527025409A: Republic P-47D, New York, NY, May 27, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2016, 19:33 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7917° N, 73.9853° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7917&lon=-73.9853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1345B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1345B-2018-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Republic P-47D (registry code 7570405, https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-p-47d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REPUBLIC P-47D
- Reported engine: P & W R-2800
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160527025409A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1905 EST ON MAY 27, 2016, , THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED REPUBLIC AIRPORT (KFRG), FARMINGDALE, NY, WITH TWO (2) OTHER AIRCRAFT FOR A PHOTO MISSION IN THE HUDSON CORRIDOR. THE FLIGHT OF THREE (3) AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF N1345B, A REPUBLIC P-47D (ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT), N1232 A CURTIS P-40, AND N9819R A BEECH M-35. THE BEECH M-35 WAS TO BE TAKING THE PHOTOS OF N1345B, A REPUBLIC P-47D, AND N1232 A CURTIS P-40. AS THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED UNDER THE JFK CLASS B AIRSPACE ALONG THE SOUTH TRANSITION OF THE HUDSON CORRIDOR, AT APPROXIMATELY 1,000? AGL, THE PILOT OF N1345B REPORTED SMOKE. THE AIRCRAFT COMMITTED TO A WATER DITCHING SOUTHBOUND ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER. THE PILOT FOR N1345B HAD BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE WRECKAGE AT APPROXIMATELY 0030 LOCAL TIME ON MAY 28, 2016, BY NYPD DIVE TEAM. VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF A FLORIDA DRIVER?S LICENSE (G635-926-59-217-0) ON THE BODY IDENTIFIED THE DECEASED AS WILLLIAM F. GORDON III, COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 3041129. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE WATER AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 LOCAL TIME BY THE NYPD DIVE TEAM, AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN / WALL STREET HELIPORT (KJRB). THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED, AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO SPOT NO. 2 AT JRB AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS FROM THE NY FSDO EA-15, THE TETERBORO FSDO EA-25.  INSPECTORS LEFT THE AIRCRAFT SECURED BY NYPD PERSONNEL AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL TIME. AT 0630 LOCAL TIME, AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND WATCHED THE DISASSEMBLY OF THE AIRCRAFT BY ANGLIN AIRCRAFT RECOVERY SERVICES. AT 1930 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE JRB RAMP AND WENT ENROUTE TO ANGLIN AIRCRAFT RECOVERY SERVICES, LLC AT 4901 HOLLETTS CORNER ROAD, CLAYTON DELAWARE 119938.

## 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 ERA16LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA195), May 27, 2016: Republic P 47D (N1345B), New York, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A catastrophic engine failure of undetermined origin, which resulted in a total loss of engine power and subsequent ditching. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to jettison the…

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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