# Accident 20241005015949A: Coughlin Brian T COUGHLIN FOKKER D-8, Red Hook, NY, October 5, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2024, 15:30 local time
- Place: Red Hook, NY
- Airport: Old Rhinebeck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9667° N, 73.8646° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9667&lon=-73.8646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94100, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Coughlin Brian T COUGHLIN FOKKER D-8 (registry code 05624VY, https://openairdocs.org/model/coughlin-brian-t-coughlin-fokker-d-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Gnome ROTARY (registry code 31004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/gnome-rotary) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COUGHLIN BRIAN T COUGHLIN FOKKER D-8
- Reported engine: GNOME ROTARY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241005015949A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 5, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 EDT, AN AMATEUR BUILT FOKKER DVIII REPLICA WAS PERFORMING IN A SCHEDULED AIR SHOW AT OLD RHINEBECK AERODROME IN RED HOOK, NY. WHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT  HAD A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND INFLIGHT FIRE.

THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED APPROXIMATELY ¼ MILE SOUTHWEST OLD RHINEBECK AERODROME AIRPORT (NY94). THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED. INFLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOWED TWO ENGINE CYLINDERS DEPARTED THE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY AN INFLIGHT FIRE. THE ENGINE AND AND THE TWO CYLINDERS WERE RECOVERED AND TAKEN TO A LAB FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED IF FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

## 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 ERA25LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA002), Oct 5, 2024: Fokker D Viii Replica (N94100), Rhinebeck, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N94100 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160729007229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160729007229I), Jul 29, 2016: Coughlin Brian T COUGHLIN FOKKER D-8 (N94100), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. During a demonstration flight at osh, one magneto began to run rough followed by a strong odor coming from the engine compartment. The pilot made a…
- [Incident 20030429014999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030429014999I), Apr 29, 2003: Amtr FOKKERDVIII (N94100), Polk City, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot-in-command, weeks, was preparing to perform an exhibition flight for the spectators at the world's Greatest aircraft collection (a/k/a fantasy of…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.