- Date
- August 14, 1989, 06:04 local (10:04 UTC)
- Place
- Edison Twshp, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N759MNCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890814029519A
- Case key
- 36294
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to follow the IFR procedure and maintain the minimum descent altitude (mda) for that segment of the approach. Factors related to the accident were: minimum safe altitude warning (msaw) radar not enabled, and failure of the approach controller to provide a safety advisory.
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
Drg arr, the flt was vctrd for an ndb-b apch to the linden arpt. At that time, wx at newark, NJ, was rprtd as partially obscd, 400' sct, 15,000 sct, vis 1 mi with fog, temp & dew point 71 deg, wnd fm 220 deg at 3 KTS, altimeter 30.09' hg. There was no wx rprt for linden, but a plt, who lndd earlier, rprtd he had the arpt in site abt 8 mi out, though there was ground fog. At 0559:50, before rchg the final apch fix (faf), the plt (of N759MN) was clrd for the apch. At 0600:45, radar svc was trmtd & the plt was clrd to chg to adzy freq. Subsequently, the acft hit the top of a 75' tree & crashed just short of the faf. A witness rprtd that just bfr the acdnt, the acft appeared to 'pop out' of a cloud at abt 100' AGL in a dscnt. Min dscnt alt (mda) for that segment of the apch was 2000'; mda for final apch was 640'; elev of the crash site was abt 220'. Radar data showed that the acft had dscndd to 1800' at 0559:59, then was at 1300' at 0600:46. The controller did not enable the min safe alt warning (msaw) sys.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759MN
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 66104
- Airframe hours
- 2,511
- Engine
- Continental O-470-0, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank Peter Yacovone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- DKK · Dunkirk, NY
- Destination
- LDJ · Linden, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LDJ · Linden
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,190 total · 1,190 as pilot in command · 73 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 220° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWR, 6 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.