- Date
- September 19, 1990, 17:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Livingston, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3100PPiper PA-23-150
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900919047099A
- Case key
- 36549
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft while maneuvering for an ILS approach. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's lack of recent instrument flight experience, low cloud ceilings and fog, and failure to follow IFR procedures.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
There was no record found that the pilot received a pre departure weather briefing. The plt departed VFR and was issued an IFR clearance en route to land at his destination airport. The controller cleared the pilot to execute the ILS approach to runway 15, and provided vectors to the outer marker. However, the pilot did not get established on the approach and was lost off radar approx. 12 sm northwest of the airport. The wreckage was found in a pond. The pilot recently purchased the airplane and had 2.5 hours of instrument flight time in the previous 24 months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3100P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-1019
- Airframe hours
- 2,928
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pressberger, Mark J.
- Registered owner
- Pressburger, Mark J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1990 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- MSV · Monticello, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 826 total · 62 in this make and model · 646 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSV, 12 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.