# NTSB NYC86FA131: Cessna 414A, N414NY, Atlantic City, NJ, May 18, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 17, 1986, 23:30 local (May 18, 1986, 03:30 UTC)
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30187
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86FA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30187/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA131

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - flight/nav instruments,course indicator - disconnected (contributing factor)
  - flt control syst,elevator control - movement restricted (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, takeoff
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - runway
  - distance - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft performance - exceeded
  - all available runway - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff
  - object - vehicle

## Analysis

DURING TKF GND RUN, AT A SPEED OF 95 KTS, THE PLT PULLED THE CONTROL WHEEL BACK TO LIFT OFF. THE CONTROL WHEEL, ACCORDING TO THE PLT, WOULD NOT GO BACK MORE THAN ABOUT 2 INCHES; WHICH IS LESS THAN HALF THE NORMAL FULL AFT TRAVEL. THE ACFT REACHED A SPEED OF ABOUT 105 KTS AND HAD TRAVELED MORE THAN HALF OF THE RWY LENGTH WHEN THE PLT ABORTED THE TKF. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ACFT ON THE RWY. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH AN OCCUPIED CAR THAT WAS ON A NEARBY STREET. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFTSIDE VOR IND HAD LOOSENED FROM ITS MOUNTING CLAMP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND IT WAS LAYING AGAINST THE CONTROL WHEEL TUBE, BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, LIMITING THE CONTROL WHEEL TO 2.5 INCHES OF REARWARD TRAVEL. THE PLT STATED THAT HE REMOVED THE CONTROL LOCK BEFORE ENGINE START AND PERFORMED A FLIGHT CONTROL CHECK BEFORE TKF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N414NY](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N414NY-2010-09-22), registration cancelled 2010-09-22, S/N 414A0242, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Registry model: [Cessna 414A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (registry code 2075907) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 414A0242
- Airframe hours: 2054
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-NB 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: East Coast Airways,Ltd
- Registered owner: Islip Airco Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 21, 1986, 16 hours before
- Departed: A1Y, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Destination: A1Y, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Airport: A1Y, Bader Field, runway 22, 2,594 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 4,010 total, 76 in this make and model, 3,757 as pilot in command, 64 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ACY, 8 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 19860517083469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860517083469A), May 17, 1986: Cessna 414A, Atlantic City, NJ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft hit auto during overshot abort. Flight controls restricted by loose instrument clamp.

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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