# Accident 20170226018819A: Ryan NAVION F, Westhampton Bea, NY, February 26, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2017, 11:15 local time
- Place: Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport: Francis S. Gabreski
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8436° N, 72.6317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8436&lon=-72.6317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4529K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4529K-2018-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION F (registry code 6150176, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-BB (registry code 17231, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-bb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-BB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,126 total, 1 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170226018819A

## Narrative

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

ON 02/26/2017 AIRCRAFT N4529K A RYAN NAVION MODEL NA-145F AIRCRAFT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 33 AT FOK (GABRESKI AIRPORT). WIND AT THIS TIME WAS REPORTED FROM 310 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS GUSTING TO 28 KNOTS.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THEN ON TAKE OFF VEERED TO THE RIGHT.  THE RIGHT WING DROPPED SHARPLY.  THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO RECOVER MOMENTARILY BEFORE THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AGAIN SHARPLY AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO WOODED AREA TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.   ONE PERSON SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND TWO WERE CONFIRMED DEAD AT THE SCENE (ONE OF THE DECEASED WAS A PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT).

THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT CURRENT TO FLY HIS AIRCRAFT AND WAS RECEIVING A FLIGHT REVIEW TO RE-GAIN HIS CURRENCY.  HE WAS SITTING IN THE LEFT SEAT. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS SITTING IN THE RIGHT SEAT AND ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC).  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT RECEIVING THE FLIGHT REVIEW, APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. PRIOR TO TOUCHING DOWN, THE CFI SAID "MY AIRCRAFT" AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  HE STATED THAT THE CFI PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND HARD AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR ANDTHE CFI CONTINUED PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE. THE PILOT GETTING THE FLIGHT REVIEW  STATED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY ADDED POWER, AND MAY HAVE RAISED FLAPS AND PUSHED FORWARD ON THE YOKE TO AVOID A STALL.  HE REPORTED THAT THE CFI TOLD HIM TO "GET OFF THE YOKE" SO HE RELINQUISED CONTROL AGAIN, AND THE CFI PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AGAIN.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT RECEIVING THE FLIGHT REVIEW, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND HE BELIEVES ENTERED A SPIN, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

AFTER A REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT, ENGINE, AND PROPELLER MAINTENANCE RECORDS, AND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE ON SITE, THERE APPEARS TO BE NO ISSUES RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT REGARDING MAINTENANCE.

## 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 ERA17FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA115), Feb 26, 2017: Ryan Navion (N4529K), Westhampton Beach, NY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's exceedance of the critical angle of attack during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's failure to…

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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