# NTSB NYC86LA036: Cessna C182, N5634B, Gardiner, NY, November 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 17, 1985, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Gardiner, NY
- Coordinates: 41.680198, -74.179756 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6802&lon=-74.1798&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): 30266
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30266/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA036

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission(marked)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE ACFT CONTACTED POWER LINES ON FINAL APCH AND DESCENDED UNCONTROLLED TO GROUND IMPACT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED WHEN HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. HE THEN PROCEEDED ONTO FINAL APCH AT A 'NORMAL ALTITUDE'AND FULL FLAPS WERE ADDED. SHORTLY AFTER FULL FLAPS WERE ADDED, THE PLT REPORTED A MODERATE TO SEVERE WIND SHEAR WAS ENCOUNTERED AND A SINK RATE DEVELOPED. POWER WAS ADDED TO RECOVER, HOWEVER, THE ACFT CONTACTED THE POWER LINES, DESCENDED TO GROUND IMPACT AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5634B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5634B-2013-01-31), registration cancelled 2013-01-31, S/N 33634, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33634
- Airframe hours: 3997
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Michael Quill
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 24, 1985, 63 hours before
- Departed: STORMVILLE, NY
- Destination: GARDINER, NY
- Airport: 5NY5, Gardiner, runway 31, 2,300 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 259 total, 115 in this make and model, 223 as pilot in command, 63 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 19 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F

## 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 19851117057549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851117057549A), Nov 17, 1985: Cessna 182, Gardiner, NY, Substantial damage. Struck powerlines on final approach. Gusty downwind approach. Aircraft impacted ground, inverted after wire strike.

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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