ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36595
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| Date: | Monday 14 August 1989 |
| Time: | 06:04 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182Q Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N759MN |
| MSN: | 66104 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2511 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-0 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Edison Twshp, NJ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Dunkirk, NY (DKK) |
| Linden, NJ (LDJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DRG ARR, THE FLT WAS VCTRD FOR AN NDB-B APCH TO THE LINDEN ARPT. AT THAT TIME, WX AT NEWARK, NJ, WAS RPRTD AS PARTIALLY OBSCD, 400' SCT, 15,000 SCT, VIS 1 MI WITH FOG, TEMP & DEW POINT 71 DEG, WND FM 220 DEG AT 3 KTS, ALTIMETER 30.09' HG. THERE WAS NO WX RPRT FOR LINDEN, BUT A PLT, WHO LNDD EARLIER, RPRTD HE HAD THE airport IN SITE ABT 8 MI OUT, THOUGH THERE WAS GROUND FOG. AT 0559:50, BEFORE RCHG THE FINAL APCH FIX (FAF), THE PLT (OF N759MN) WAS CLRD FOR THE APCH. AT 0600:45, RADAR SVC WAS TRMTD & THE PLT WAS CLRD TO CHG TO ADZY FREQ. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT HIT THE TOP OF A 75' TREE & CRASHED JUST SHORT OF THE FAF. A WITNESS RPRTD THAT JUST BFR THE ACDNT, THE ACFT APPEARED TO 'POP OUT' OF A CLOUD AT ABT 100' AGL IN A DSCNT. MIN DSCNT ALT (MDA) FOR THAT SEGMENT OF THE APCH WAS 2000'; MDA FOR FINAL APCH WAS 640'; ELEV OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABT 220'. RADAR DATA SHOWED THAT THE ACFT HAD DSCNDD TO 1800' AT 0559:59, THEN WAS AT 1300' AT 0600:46. THE CONTROLLER DID NOT ENABLE THE MIN SAFE ALT WARNING (MSAW) SYS. CAUSE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW THE IFR PROCEDURE AND MAINTAIN THE MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE (MDA) FOR THAT SEGMENT OF THE APPROACH. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (MSAW) RADAR NOT ENABLED, AND FAILURE OF THE APPROACH CONTROLLER TO PROVIDE A SAFETY ADVISORY.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X29223
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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