# NTSB NYC85FA059: Beech A100, N72BS, Cedarville, NJ, February 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 1, 1985, 21:47 local (Feb 2, 1985, 02:47 UTC)
- Place: Cedarville, NJ
- Location: 39.3676° N, 75.0909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from MILLVILLE MUNI (MIV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3676&lon=-75.0909&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35796
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85FA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35796/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA059

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, descent - normal
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of engine power, approach
  - engine assembly - failure,partial
  - engine assembly - undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE TWO ATP RATED PLTS WERE EN ROUTE BACK TO THEIR HOME BASE ARPT FLYING ON AN IFR FLT PLAN IN ACTUAL INSTRUMENT WX CONDITIONS. COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATC CONTROLLERS WAS NORMAL. DURING A NIGHT LOCALIZER APCH INTO MILLVILLE MUNICIPAL ARPT, AN ATC SPECIALIST OBSERVED THE ACFT PASSING THROUGH THE LOCALIZER TRACK AND ISSUED A VECTOR FOR RE-INTERCEPTION. THE ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OBSERVED TRACKING INBOUND ON COURSE. THE PLT REPORTED CROSSING THE OM. THIS WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION HEARD FROM THE PLT AND WAS ROUTINE. THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA JUST BEYOND THE OM AND WAS DESTROYED IN A POST IMPACT FIRE. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THE LEFT ENG WAS PRODUCING LESS PWR THAN THE RIGHT ENG AT IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N72BS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech A100
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: B-113
- Airframe hours: 5668
- Engines: P&W PT6A-28 680 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lisa Flite Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, January 31, 1985, 7 hours before
- Departed: 3J1, RIDGELAND, SC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MIV, Milville Municipal, runway 10, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 17,300 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 17,126 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MIV

## 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 19850201012419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850201012419A), Feb 1, 1985: Beech A100, Cedarville, NJ, Destroyed. Struck trees and ground during approach. Pilot had reported a stuck mode c encoder en route. Fire after the crash.

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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