- Date
- April 15, 1986, 00:30 local (05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Westhampton Bch, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4559XPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860415011799A
- Case key
- 30322
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instrument instructional flight returned to the airport late at night and successfully completed two instrument approaches with missed approaches. The pilots had been advised of a low layer of fog on the airport. On the third and final approach, after going visual, the aircraft descended below the mda and still had the runway in sight. The pilot lost forward visibility at approximately 100 ft AGL after entering a low layer of fog at 150 ft AGL. The CFI took control of the aircraft and attempted a go-around. During the attempted go-around the aircraft struck the ground 60 ft to the right side of the runway. The aircraft received substantial damage, and the two occupants were uninjured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4559X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L14740,S,A
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-OC, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Perry'S Flying School
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 2, 1985 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FOK · Suffolk Co., runway 24, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 791 total · 150 in this make and model · 681 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.