- Date
- April 4, 1979
- Place
- Newburg, NY · NEWBURG, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N149PABeech E-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790404020359A
- Case key
- 137088
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1088 79/4/4 NEWBURG,NY BEECH E-18 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2315 N149PA PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 29, 3897 TOTAL HOURS, 99 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEWART DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MA NEWBURG,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PILOT INFORMED OF ICING AT HOLDING ALTITUDE PRIOR TO HIS ENTERING HOLDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N149PA
- Reported as
- Beech E-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stewart
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.