# NTSB NYC84FA053: Cessna R182, N2254T, Greenwich, CT, December 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 13, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Greenwich, CT
- Location: 41.0278° N, 73.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenwich, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0278&lon=-73.6269&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35304
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35304/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA053

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, missed approach (ifr)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - flight/nav instruments,attitude indicator - erratic (cause)
  - flight/nav instruments,attitude gyro - binding(mechanical) (cause)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN ILS APPROACH TO WESTCHESTER ARPT IN NY. THE WEATHER WAS IMC AND AN IFR FLT PLAN WAS FILED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE 2ND ATTEMPT WITH THE 1ST ENDING IN A MISSED APPROACH. IT WAS APPARENT TO THECONTROLLER THAT THE ACFT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY AND THE CONTROLLER CALLED A WARNING TO THE PLT. THE PLT REPLIED THAT HE HAD NO D.G. SEVERAL VECTORS WERE GIVEN TO THE ACFT WHICH WERE NOT FOLLOWED PRECISELY AND A LOSS OF CONTROL OCCURRED. EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE ACFT WAS IN STEEPLY DESCENDING RIGHT TURN AT IMPACT. THE ENGINE WAS BURIED 7 FT INTO MUD ATTESTING TO THE HIGH SPEED AT IMPACT. THIS FLT HAD BEEN DELAYED AT DEPARTURE BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE ATTITUDE GYRO. THE PLT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT SHOULD BE OVERHAULED BECAUSE OF BEARING NOISES AND FLUCUATIONS IN INDICATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2254T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2254T-2013-02-07), registration cancelled 2013-02-07, S/N R18200009, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200009
- Airframe hours: 1395
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Westwind Aviation Services,
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 19, 1983, 89 hours before
- Departed: YOB, QUEBEC CITY
- Destination: HPN, WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: HPN, Westchester Co., runway 16, 6,550 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 500 total, 105 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 50° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HPN, 19 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 19831213060569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831213060569A), Dec 13, 1983: Cessna R182, Greenwich, CT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Depart IFR with a defective gyro horizon. Lost control on a missed approach. Aircraft equipped with a partial panel

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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