# NTSB NYC84FA032: Beech K35, N106Q, Stockholm, NJ, November 18, 1983 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report - Date: November 18, 1983, 14:55 local (19:55 UTC) - Place: Stockholm, NJ - Location: 41.0895° N, 74.5171° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockholm, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0895&lon=-74.5171&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 35293 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA032 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35293/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA032 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Midair collision, cruise - normal - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - Midair collision, cruise - normal - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - Forced landing, landing - aircraft performance,two or more engines - inoperative - emergency procedure - performed, pilot in command(cfi) - In flight collision with object, landing - object - tree(s) (contributing factor) - misc eqpt/furnishings,shoulder harness - not engaged - miscellaneous equipment - not used, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor) ## Analysis (aircraft 2) AT 1455 EST, A BEECH K35 (BONANZA), N106Q, & A PIPER PA-34-200, N56670, COLLIDED WHILE THE ACFT WERE FLYING OVER THE VICINITY OF THE SPARTA VORTAC. THE BONANZA PLT WAS ON A LOCAL FLT WHILE THE PA-34 WAS ON MULTI-ENG TRAINING FLT. THE STUDENT IN THE PA-34 STATED HE WAS USING A HOOD WHILE FLYING & HE BELIEVED HS ACFT WAS FLYING STRAIGHT & LEVEL ON A HEADING OF APRX 240 DEG. HE DID NOT REMEMBER ANY INDICATION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) OF AN IMPENDING COLLISION. AFTER THE COLLISION, THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE PA-34. THE STUDENT REMOVED HIS HOOD & SAW AN ACFT TO THE LEFT FRONT OF THE LEFT WING IN UNCONTROLLED FLT. THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING. THE STUDENT HESITATED THEN SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PA-34 CRASH LANDED IN A WOODED AREA. THE BONANZA CRASHED IN A STEEP DESCENT & BURNED. DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED ALONG THE 265 DEG RADIAL OF THE VORTAC & V-419. THERE WAS INDICATIONS THE LEFT WING TIP OF N106Q HIT (NEAR HEAD-ON) WITH LEFT INBRD WING/FUSELAGE OF N56670. SUN ELEV 15 DEG. CFI SUFFOCATED, NOT WEARING SHLDR HARNESS. ## Analysis (aircraft 1) AT 1544 EST, A BEECH K35 (BONANZA), N106Q, & A PIPER PA-34-200, N56670, COLLIDED WHILE THE ACFT WERE FLYING OVER THE VICINITY OF THE SPARTA VORTAC. THE BONANZA PLT WAS ON A LOCAL FLT WHILE THE PA-34 WAS ON A MULTI-ENG TRAINING FLT. THE STUDENT IN THE PA-34 STATED HE WAS USING A HOOD WHILE FLYING & HE BELIEVED HIS ACFT WAS FLYING STRAIGHT & LEVEL ON A HEADING OF APRX 240 DEG. HE DID NOT REMEMBER ANY INDICATION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) OF AN IMPENDING COLLISION. AFTER THE COLLISION, THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE PA-34. THE STUDENT REMOVED HIS HOOD & SAW AN ACFT TO THE LEFT FRONT OF THE LEFT WING IN UNCONTROLLED FLT. THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING. THE STUDENT HESITATED THEN SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PA-34 CRASH LANDED IN A WOODED AREA. THE BONANZA CRASHED IN A STEEP DESCENT & BURNED. DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED ALONG THE 265 DEG RADIAL OF THE VORTAC & V-419. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THE LEFT WING TIP OF N106Q HIT (NEAR HEAD-ON) WITH LEFT INBRD WING/FUSELAGE OF N56670. SUN ELEV 15 DEG. CFI SUFFOCATED, NOT WEARING SHLDR HARNESS. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: [N106Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106Q-1984-08-23), registration cancelled 1984-08-23, S/N D-5920 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH K35 - Registry model: [Beech K35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (registry code 1151524) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: D5920 - Airframe hours: 3473 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-C1 250 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: John B. Mccue - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 16, 1983, 72 hours before - Departed: N07, LINCOLN PARK, NJ ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: [N56670](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56670-2012-11-13), registration cancelled 2012-11-13, S/N 34-7450018, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200 - Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (registry code 7103405) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 34-74-50018 - Airframe hours: 1655 - Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C1E6 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Air Spartan, Inc. - Registered owner: G.D. Associates - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 5, 1983, 83 hours before - Departed: CDW, CALDWELL, NJ - Destination: N63, SUSSEX, NJ ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N106Q; age 76; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; toxicology performed; flight hours: 5,691 total, 3,050 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days, 22 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Pilot, aircraft N56670; age 55; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 9,500 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 12 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: MMU, 17 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (2) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19831118064711A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831118064711A), Nov 18, 1983: Beech K35, Stockholm, NJ, Destroyed. Inflight collision with seneca 56670. Uncontrolled descent to ground impact and fire. - [Accident 19831118064712A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831118064712A), Nov 18, 1983: Piper PA34200, Stockholm, NJ, Destroyed. Collided with bonanza 106Q in flight. Both pilots ok then. Shut down both engines. Hit trees on emergency landing. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.