- Date
- August 29, 1986, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N284MCPiper PA-31-T1N4845BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19860829043091A19860829043092A
- Case key
- 13540
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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
After canceling his IFR flight plan, the PA-31 pilot entered the traffic pattern for rwy 26 on a crosswind leg. He did not see any traffic on downwind as he entered the pattern. He visually cleared the area below and to his right while on downwind and as he looked up and forward he saw the Cessna 152 in front of him. The Cessna was also on the downwind leg for rwy 26. The PA-31 pilot, upon seeing the Cessna, pulled up and to the right, but the left landing gear and underside of his aircraft destroyed the empennage of the Cessna which subsequently descended uncontrolled to ground impact. The PA-31 pilot was able to land his aircraft, but the left gear collapsed during the landing roll.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N284MC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-T1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1104012
- Airframe hours
- 265
- Engine
- P&W PT6R-11, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piper Aircraft Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 25, 1985 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- ROC · Rochester, NY
- Destination
- MGJ · Montgomery, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MGJ · Orange County, runway 21, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete
- Registration
- N4845B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283669
- Airframe hours
- 2,527
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aurora Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1986 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- MGJ · Orange County, runway 26, 4,000 × 100 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N284MC
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,373 total · 285 in this make and model · 7,206 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N4845B
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 389 total · 258 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SWF, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.