# NTSB NYC84LA133: Cessna T303, N511SC, Binghamton, NY, April 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1984, 21:58 local (Apr 6, 1984, 02:58 UTC)
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Coordinates: 42.090862, -75.969917 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0909&lon=-75.9699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35532/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA133

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - lightning (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence(thunderstorms) (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - missed approach - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)
  - minimum descent altitude - below, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PRIOR TO THE APPROACH, THE PLT WAS ADVISED OF A THUNDERSTORM SSE OF THE ARPT. THE PLT STATED THAT THE WEATHER WAS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY WITH TURBULENCE, HEAVY RAIN, NEAR-BLINDING LIGHTING & WINDSHEAR. DURING THE APPROACH, DUE TO THE ADVERSE WX CONDITIONS & ERRATIC INSTRUMENT INDICATIONS, MAINTAINING MDA WAS DIFFICULT. THE ACFT DESCENDED BELOW THE MDA & STRUCK TREES. A MISSED APPROACH WAS EXECUTED & THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N511SC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T303
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T303-00192
- Airframe hours: 671
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-AE 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Operator: Int'L Signal & Control
- Registered owner: Rothman Allan Haral Leaing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 23, 1984
- Departed: LNS, LANCASTER, PA
- Destination: BGM, BINGHAMTON, NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BGM, Edwin A. Link Field, runway 16, 6,298 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,204 total, 155 in this make and model, 703 as pilot in command, 113 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 340° at 7 knots
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BGM, 3 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 19840405015189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840405015189A), Apr 5, 1984: Cessna T303, Binghamton, NY, Substantial damage. Flew thru tree tops during descent to mda on a VOR approach. Remained airborne. Thunderstorms turbulence in area.

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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