# NTSB NYC86LA064: Cessna 177RG, N34069, Farmingdale, NY, January 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1986, 21:09 local (Jan 20, 1986, 02:09 UTC)
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Coordinates: 40.729148, -73.440635 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7291&lon=-73.4406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30290
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA064
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30290/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA064

## 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 - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - decision height - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34069-1990-04-05), registration cancelled 1990-04-05, S/N 177RG0958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177RG0958
- Airframe hours: 889
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860119000919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860119000919A), Jan 19, 1986: Cessna 177RG, Farmingdale, NY, Destroyed. Struck trees on initiating missed ILS approach. Below dh. Failed to climb.

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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