# NTSB NYC86FA199: Rockwell 114, N5766N, Bedford, PA, August 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1986, 00:30 local (04:30 UTC)
- Place: Bedford, PA
- Coordinates: 40.009452, -78.500534 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0095&lon=-78.5005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30197
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86FA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30197/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA199

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - normal
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - descent - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT NEARING THE CLOSE OF A X-COUNTRY FLIGHT HAD REQUESTED A DECENT TO START AN APPROACH TO LAND AT ITS FINAL DESTINATION. ATC HAD GRANTED THE REQUEST, BUT STATED TO THE PILOT THAT HE MOST REMAIN VFR, THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED THE CLEARANCE. ACFT WAS LOCATED TWO DAYS LATER IN HIGH HEAVYLY WOODED TERRAIN. PLT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE EJECTED FROM THE ACFT AND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THREE PILOTS WERE ON BOARD THE ACFT. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHO WAS THE PIC.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5766N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5766N-1989-11-28), registration cancelled 1989-11-28, S/N 14350 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Rockwell 114
- Registry model: [Rockwell International 114](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (registry code 7630314) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14350
- Airframe hours: 1780
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540T4B5D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Glenn Bussard, doing business as Glenn Bussard   Leasing
- Registered owner: Glenn L. Bussard Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 7, 1986, 9 hours before
- Departed: OSH, OSHKOSH, WI
- Destination: 4G9, BEDFORD, PA
- Airport: 4G9, Bedford

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken

## 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 19860804037409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860804037409A), Aug 4, 1986: Gulstm 114, Bedford, PA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Circling to land at destination at night struck trees on top of ridge line. 3 pilots on board all ejected.

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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