- Date
- December 13, 1985
- Place
- Georgetown, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13FHCessna 414
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851213062019A
- Case key
- 11260
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft impacted trees during a VOR apch and descended to ground impact. The plt flew the apch with the autopilot coupled. The alt hold and alert were set for the mda. When visual contact with the arpt enviroment was established, the plt disconnected the alt hold and began lowering full flaps. At this time the electric trim pitched the nose of the acft down and the acft impacted trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13FH
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0651
- Airframe hours
- 920
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Hertrich Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1985 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- BLM · Monmoth, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GED · Sussex Co., runway 22, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,900 total · 60 in this make and model · 5,713 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 5BY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.