# NTSB NYC83FA039: Cessna 401, N4073Q, Monticello, NY, December 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 3, 1982, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Monticello, NY
- Coordinates: 41.639892, -74.860023 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6399&lon=-74.8600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71759
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71759/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA039

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, missed approach (ifr)
  - missed approach procedure - inaccurate (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - below approach/landing minimums (cause)
  - descent - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - decision height - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO SULLIVAN COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THE WEATHER WAS IMC. IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE A COMPLETE AND CURRENT WEATHER BRIEFINGS AND GOT HIS WEATHER SECOND-HAND FROM THE PILOT ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE ACCIDENT PILOT WENT BELOW HIS DECISION HEIGHT AND IN POST ACCIDENT DISCUSSIONS SEEMED UNSURE OF MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURES. THE VISIBILITY REPORTED WAS BELOW MINUMUMS FOR THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4073Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4010173
- Airframe hours: 4595
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: Monticello Aircraft Services,
- Registered owner: Teterboro Travel By Air Inc.
- Departed: TETERBORO, NJ
- Destination: MONTICELLO, NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MSV, Sullivan County Int'L., runway 15, 6,300 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 8,225 total, 250 in this make and model, 4,500 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 100 ft
- Temperature: 118 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MSV

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821203064969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821203064969A), Dec 3, 1982: Cessna 401, Monticello, NY, Substantial damage. Struck trees during a missed approach. Was below dh and glide slope. Remained airborne and landed at an alternate.

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.

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