- Date
- March 16, 1984, 23:30 local (Mar 17, 1984, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oneonta, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N77777Lockheed 18-56
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840316009799A
- Case key
- 35324
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At aprx 2330 EST, witnesses near the crash site heard an acft, & shortly thereafter, they saw a flash. One of them, who was driving a car, went back to the area the next day & found the acft wreckage. The acft had crashed & burned about 1 mi from the apch end of rwy 24. Wreckage was strewn along an area of about 250 ft long & was oriented on a heading of 230 deg. The acft was descending in an estimate 40 deg dive when it hit the ground. An exam of the wreckage did not disclose any evidence of a malfunction. About 3500 lbs of marijuana was found in the wreckage. The 2010 wx at the arpt was: indefinite 500 ft obscuration, visibility 1 1/4 mi with rain & light fog, temp 33 deg, wind from 280 deg at 5 KTS. Another plt had landed at 2015. He said his acft had accumulated a trace of rime ice. At the time of the accident, witnesses said the roads were lightly covered with ice snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77777
- Reported as
- Lockheed 18-56
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22500
- Engine
- Wright GR-1820, 1,000 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Holiday Tours, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- N66 · Oneonta, runway 24, 3,400 × 75 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 5° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 5 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.