- Date
- January 19, 1986, 21:09 local (Jan 20, 1986, 02:09 UTC)
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N34069Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860119000919A
- Case key
- 30290
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees in the bethpage state park during a rwy 14 ILS apch at republic airport, Farmingdale, NY. The plt had instructed his passenger, a private plt, to report when he had the apch lights in sight. The plt stated the apch was continued until an alt of 300 ft was reached at which time the glide slope flag appeared. He initiated a missed apch at this time, however, the acft contacted trees. Decision height for the apch is 329 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34069
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0958
- Airframe hours
- 889
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Air East Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Burton Hulland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 14, 1985 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- EEN · Keene, NH
- Destination
- Farmingdale, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,563 total · 35 in this make and model · 1,417 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FRG, 1 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.