- Date
- December 2, 1982, 23:00 local (Dec 3, 1982, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- North Caldwell, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6871VMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821202066159A
- Case key
- 72032
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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
The pilot stated that he encountered a fog bank while making a straight in landing at essex county airport. The pilot attempted to climb and still maintain visual contact with the ground, however the aircraft collided with a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6871V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1264
- Airframe hours
- 1,426
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- G & E Aviation
- Registered owner
- G & E Aviation
- Departed
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Destination
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Airport
- Essex Co., runway 22, 4,550 × 80 ft, asphalt
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,997 total · 2,900 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.