- Date
- March 10, 1980
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4GNBeech 90
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800310008709A
- Case key
- 134910
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2798 80/3/10 FLUSHING,NY BEECH 90 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1750 TIME - 2303 N4GN PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 225 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGUARDIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRWAYS FACILITIES PERSONNEL: INADEQUATELY MAINTAINED APPROACH FACILITIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) HAIL, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 44 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOC ALIGNMENT OUT OF TOLERANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4GN
- Reported as
- Beech 90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Laguardia
N4GNRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Beech E-90Airframe modelBeech E-90Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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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.