- Date
- August 14, 1990, 14:34 local (18:34 UTC)
- Place
- Saltaire, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4190YBellanca 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900814045829A
- Case key
- 36545
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged his altitude.
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 airplane was seen making a right turn low over the water. The airplane struck the water with the right wing and the wing separated from the airplane. The airplane sank and was never recovered. The pilot did not escape the wreckage prior to its sinking and his body was not recovered. The right wing was recovered and a fracture surface on the wing was analyzed and it was determined that the failure was caused by an overstress conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4190Y
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-77
- Engine
- Continental C-85-8, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- United Aerial Advertising Inc
- Departed
- 4NY7 · Moriches, NY
- Destination
- BLM · Farmingdale, NJ
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.