- Date
- February 19, 1989, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glen Falls, NY
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19890219002111A19890219002112A
- Case key
- 36269
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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Probable cause
Failure of both pilots to see-and-avoid each other. Related factors were: failure of the Beech aircrew to make a normal left turn out of traffic and the Stinson pilot's visual perception due to sunglare.
Failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other. Related factors were: failure of the Beech aircrew to make a normal left turn out of traffic and the Stinson pilot's visual perception due to sunglare.
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.
Analysis
The crew of Beech A36, N1DG, took off from rwy 30 at the (uncontrolled) warren county arpt on an instrument instructional flt. After takeoff, the acft was observed to turn right & begin climbing. At about that same time, a Stinson 108-2, N232C, was returning to the arpt from the northeast. From that direction, the Stinson would have been flying toward the sun. Subsequently, the two acft converged & collided about 1 mi north of the arpt.
The crew of Beech A36, N1DG, took off from rwy 30 at the (uncontrolled) warren county arpt on an instrument instructional flt. After takeoff, the acft was observed to turn right & begin climbing. At about that same time, a Stinson 108-2, N232C, was returning to the arpt from the northeast. From that direction, the Stinson would have been flying toward the sun. Subsequently, the two acft converged & collided about 1 mi north of the arpt.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1DQ
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-979
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter Murray
- Registered owner
- Northway Exchange Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GFL · Glen Falls, NY
- Airport
- GFL · Warren County, runway 30, 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.
- Registration
- N232C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3232
- Airframe hours
- 3,143
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-B3, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boggs, Loughran D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1988 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- GFL · Glen Falls, NY
- Airport
- GFL · Warren County
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N1DQ
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,250 total
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N232C
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 969 total · 661 in this make and model · 945 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFL, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.