- Date
- November 13, 1988, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Montauk, NY
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N722BHBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881113050429A
- Case key
- 36334
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Probable cause
Loss of control, inflight, while landing, due to low level wind shear.
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 plt made a VOR rwy 6 apch & circled to land on rwy 24. He rprtd that while on a short final apch, the acft was thrown violently about & the left wing dipped. He applied full power & leveled the wings, but the acft contd to descend. Realizing he could not reach the rwy, he 'cut' the power, turned off the electrical master switches & tried to place the acft on the best terrain. Subsequently, the acft impacted in an area of sand dunes on a hdg of 240 deg & came to rest after traveling about 33 ft. witnesses in the area rprtd strong winds, reduced visibility, & rain showers. The plt said it was not raining when the acft crashed, but heavy rain started to fall immediately afterward.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N722BH
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E444
- Airframe hours
- 2,950
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fairview Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Destination
- MTP
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MTP · Montauk, runway 24, 3,472 × 85 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,047 total · 750 in this make and model · 1,047 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FOK, 35 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.
Other investigations on N722BH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.