- Date
- June 14, 1990, 16:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Harrison, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72476Cessna 337G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900614027049A
- Case key
- 36536
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue VFR flight into IMC and his subsequent loss of control of the airplane. The weather conditions and the pilot's lack of instrument flight experience were factors in the accident.
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 pilot obtained a special VFR clearance into an airport that was IFR. He was advised of the weather conditions, but elected to continue his approach. He made two approaches and could not make visual contact with the ground. After aborting the second approach, the airplane was seen by ground witnesses coming out of the clouds at a low altitude. The witnesses saw the airplane nose up and stall. The pilot was not instrument rated and no records were found to indicate that he had any previous instrument experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72476
- Reported as
- Cessna 337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701598
- Engine
- Continental IO-360G, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pasquale Marini
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1B1 · Hudson, NY
- Destination
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Airport
- HPN · West Chester County, runway 11, 4,451 × 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HPN, 5 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.