# NTSB NYC86FA057: Cessna 182L, N3349R, So.Glastonbury, CT, January 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 3, 1986, 01:03 local (06:03 UTC)
- Place: So.Glastonbury, CT
- Location: 41.6702° N, 72.5747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6702&lon=-72.5747&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): 30175
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86FA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30175/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA057

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - low ceiling
  - descent - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - minimum descent altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS ON A VOR INSTRUMENT APCH WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH 250 FT HIGH TERRAIN APPROX 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE ARPT AND APPROX 2 MILES NORTH OF THE VOR/FAF. SHORTLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE WAS IN TURBULENCE; THEN REPORTED HE WAS CLEAR OF TURBULENCE. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE/ MALFUNCTION. PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS WERE NEGATIVE. FLIGHT TESTS REVEALED SATISFACTORY OPERATION OF NAVAIDS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3349R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3349R-2014-10-03), registration cancelled 2014-10-03, S/N 18258649, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18258649
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ronald Crane
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1985
- Departed: SFZ, PAWTCKET, RI
- Destination: HFD, HARTFORD, CT
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: HFD, Hartford-Brainard, runway 2

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 7,000 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 800 ft overcast
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HFD, 5 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 19860103000079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860103000079A), Jan 3, 1986: Cessna 182L, South Glastonbu, CT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft struck a ridge on IFR final. The pilot descended below published altitude for undetermined reasons.

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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