ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39793
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 December 1985 |
| Time: | 10:23 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Fred Riger |
| Registration: | N7770Y |
| MSN: | 30-856 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2009 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Corning, Steuben County, New York -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Linden Airport, Linden, New Jersey (LDJ/KLDJ) |
| Elmira/Corning Regional Airport, Elmira, New York (ELM/KELM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
DURING ILS RUNWAY 6 APPROACH TO ELMIRA AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT HIT HIGH TERRAIN SHORT OF THE OUTER MARKER. WHEN ON DOWNWIND FOR APPROACH, PILOT SAID HE WAS NOT RECEIVING THE LOCALIZER AND ASKED FOR A SURVEILLANCE APPROACH.
CONTROLLER SAID HE COULD NOT PROVIDE. WHEN CLEARED FOR THE ILS APPROACH PILOT SAID HE WAS EXPECTING AN APPROACH TO ELMIRA. CONTROLLER SAID HE WAS GETTING APPROACH TO ELMIRA AND REPEATED CLEARANCE.
PILOT SAID HE HAD AN APPROACH CHART FOR RUNWAY 24 BUT NOT 6. HE WAS GIVEN LOCALIZER FREQUENCY. AND LATER REPORTED ON THE LOCALIZER COURSE. RADAR DISPLAY INDICATED SAME. POST CRASH TESTING SHOWED GLIDE SLOPE RECEIVER IN AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT BUT CAPABLE OF FUNCTIONING. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE FLOWN INTO TREES IN LEVEL ATTITUDE.
Probable Cause and Findings: The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
PROPER GLIDE PATH...NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
PROPER ALTITUDE...NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors:
FLIGHT MANUALS...NOT MAINTAINED...PILOT IN COMMAND
EXCESSIVE WORKLOAD (TASK OVERLOAD)..PILOT IN COMMAND
Registration N7770Y cancelled by the FAA on June 3, 1988
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ATL86FA039 at https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001214X38339&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=FA
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7770Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ny/N7770Y/
4. http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/7/N7770Y.shtm
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] |
| 03-Apr-2017 18:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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