Cessna 425 N6774R

Summary

On 12 December 1983 at about 23:56 local time, a Cessna 425 registered N6774R was involved in an accident near Newburgh, New York, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 December 1983 at 23:56

Classification

Accident

Location

Newburgh, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Stewart (SWF)

Coordinates

41.5002, -74.0193

Aircraft

Cessna 425

Registration

N6774R

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita → White Plains

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC84FA052

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING ARRIVAL, THERE WERE INDEFINITE DELAYS AT WHITE PLAINS, NY, SO THE PLT DIVERTED TO NEWBURGH, NY. HE WAS VECTORED FOR AN ILS RWY 9 APCH. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PLT REQUESTED & WAS GIVEN THE ILS FREQ, MINS FOR THE APCH, THE ARPT ELEVATION(491 FT MSL), THE NEWBURGH WX & THE FREQ FOR THE OUTER COMPASS LOCATOR (EVEN THO, CURRENT APCH CHARTS WERE ON BOARD). HE WAS CLEARED FOR THE APCH, BUT THE ACFT HIT TREES & CRASHED, 2.58 MI WEST OF RWY 9. ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 580 FT. THE MIN DSCNT ALT (MDA) FOR THE APCH WAS 682 FT. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO PREIMPACT PART MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. THE PLT WAS REQUIRED TO WEAR LENSES TO CORRECT HIS VISION. THE AREA FORCAST CALLED FOR ICING, TURBULENCE, LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR, LOW CEILINGS, RAIN, DRIZZLE, FOG & A CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE. REPORTEDLYTHE PLT RECEIVED A FULL WX BRIEFING, BUT WAS NOT BRIEFED ON SIGMETS JULIETT 7 & LIMA 4 WHICH CALLED FOR MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE & LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO SEVERE MIXED/CLEAR ICG IN CLDS & PRECIP BLO 8000 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.