# NTSB NYC83FA192: Beech V35A, N2617A, Acra, NY, July 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 24, 1983, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Acra, NY
- Coordinates: 42.329181, -74.090713 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3292&lon=-74.0907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35066
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35066/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA192

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR VMC EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT. WHILE INBOUND TO ALBANY HE SAID HE WAS CIRCLING DOWN FROM 4000 FEET IN A VFR SPOT TO GET UNDER THE CLOUDS. HE SUBSEQUENTLY CANCELLED HIS IFR FLT PLAN AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO FLY TO GREAT BARRINGTON, LOCATED EAST OF HIS LAST KNOWN POSITION. THE ACFT CRASHED WEST OF HIS LAST KNOWN POSITION. WEATHER IN THE AREA WAS SUCH THAT THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS WERE OBSCURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2617A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2617A-1984-01-10), registration cancelled 1984-01-10, S/N D-9053 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Registry model: [Beech V35A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (registry code 1151544) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-9053
- Airframe hours: 2779
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA6 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tca Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 14, 1983, 44 hours before
- Departed: TEB, TETERBORO, NJ
- Destination: GREAT BARRINGTO, MA
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 8,233 total, 7,751 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ALB, 30 nm away

## 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 19830724043699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830724043699A), Jul 24, 1983: Beech V35A, Acra, NY, Destroyed. Pilot was attempting to fly underneath weather. After cancelling IFR clearance aircraft crashed at 3000 ft level.

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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