- Date
- October 31, 1987, 11:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4419CTaylorcraft F21B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871031061499A
- Case key
- 36046
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Descent - prematureCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Analysis
The aircraft was on approach for landing on runway 26 at orange county airport. However the aircraft collided with a tree about 200 yards from the runway threshold just outside of the airport boundary.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4419C
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft F21B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F1519
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Angelo Talarico
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- N63 · Sussex, NJ
- Destination
- MGJ · Orange County, NY
- Airport
- MGJ · Orange County, runway 26, 4,000 × 100 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,298 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- SUF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.