# Accident 20181013019909A: Piper PA-34-200T, Quogue, NY, October 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2018, 10:59 local time
- Place: Quogue, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8210° N, 72.5995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quogue, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8210&lon=-72.5995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N593MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N593MS-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181013019909A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KDXR WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF KJZI AND INDICATED TO DXR TOWER THAT THEY WERE DEPARTING TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED INTO MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS WITHOUT AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB INTO IMC CONDITIONS. ALL AIRCRAFT IS HIS IMMEDIATE VICINITY WERE REPORTING IMC CONDITIONS WITH CLOUDS TOPS FROM FL190 TO FL230 ACROSS THE NY TRISTATE AREA. AIRMETS FOR ICING AND IFR CONDITIONS WERE IN EFFECT. THE AIRMAN EVENTUALLY DECLARED THAT HE HAD AN UNRELIABLE ATTITUDE INDICATOR AND WOULD REQUIRE VFR CONDITIONS. THE CONTROLLER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR THE PILOT. THE AIRMAN ASKED FOR CLOUD TOPS AND WAS TOLD FL190 SO HE CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO THAT ALTITUDE AND EVENTUALLY DECLARED HIS WAS "VFR ONTOP". THE AIRMAN WAS TOLD TO TURN TO THE WEST FOR VFR BUT NEGLECTED TO FOLLOW THE CONTROLLERS INSTRUCTIONS. THE AIRMAN EVENTUALLY ENTERED A DESCENDING FIGURE 8 TURN AND WAS LOST ON RADAR AT FL168 AT APPROXIMATELY 250 KTS. WITNESSES RECALL HEARING A WINDING UP AND DOWN SOUND OF AN ENGINE FOR 1-2 MINUTES FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG, NOT AN EXPLOSION, THEN 1-2 SECONDS LATER SEE 2-3 PIECES OF AIRCRAFT FALL INTO THE WATER ALMOST STRAIGHT DOWN.  NO FURTHER ACTIONS ARE INTENDED DUE TO AIRCRAFT BEING DESTROYED AND ALL OCCUPANTS ARE DECEASED.

## 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 ERA19LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA012), Oct 13, 2018: Piper PA34 (N593MS), Westhampton Beach, NY, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The instructor's decision to conduct and continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions with a known flight instrument anomaly, which resulted in spatial…

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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