Plane Crash List

Cessna 425 N6886D

25 February 1984 · Dryden, New York, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 25 February 1984 at about 15:50 local time, a Cessna 425 registered N6886D was involved in an accident near Dryden, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Dryden, New York, United States
Nearest airport
Tompkins County (ITH)
Coordinates
42.5104, -76.3410
Aircraft
Cessna 425
Registration
N6886D
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Worcester → Ithaca
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC84FA092

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 2 0

Probable cause

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

THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS UTILIZING THE AUTOPILOT AND FLT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE THE ILS APPCH TO RWY 32. THE AUTOPILOT WAS TRACKING THE LOCALIZER WHILE THE PILOT CONTROLLED THE RATE OF DESCENT ALONG THE GLIDESLOPE WITH PITCH COMMAND WHEEL ON THE AUTOPILOT, USING THE COMMAND BARS AS A STEERING REFERENCE IN ADDITION TO THE RAW DATA GLIDESLOPE NEEDLE ON THE HSI. ALL SEEMED NORMAL, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, UNTIL THE ACFT STRUCK TREES ABOUT 450 FEET ABOVE ARPT ELEVATION TWO MILES SHORT OF THE RWY AND CAME TO REST ON THE LOCALIZER CENTERLINE. A ZERO FT CEILING WITH AN EIGHTH MILE VSBY EXISTED AT THE ARPT. DURING THE INVSTGTN, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE 1000A IFCS WILL NOT PROVIDE VERTICAL STEERING COMMANDS AS OPERATED BY THE PLT, BUT IS DRIVEN BY THE PITCH WHEEL. THIS IS NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED IN THE POH. THE PLT HAD FLOWN EXTENSIVELY WITH THE 800 SERIES IFCS WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE EXPECTED STEERING COMMANDS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE PRECLUDED A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE RAW DATA GLIDESLOPE NEEDLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Cessna 425 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
27 Jul 1985 Cessna 425
N6887B
Manahawkin, New Jersey, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
29 May 1985 Cessna 425
N2079A
Dayton, Ohio, United States
no coordinates
- Serious injuries -
19 Sep 1985 Cessna 425
N1222B
Boulder, Colorado, United States - No injuries -
12 Dec 1983 Cessna 425
N6774R
Newburgh, New York, United States - Fatal 1
24 Dec 1983 Cessna 425
N6884G
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States - No injuries -
11 Jan 1986 Cessna 425
N425SC
Granby, Colorado, United States Jayhawk Aircraft Sales Fatal 5

All 34 records for this type

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7 Apr 1984 Cessna 182P
N1516M
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9 Jan 1984 Cessna 210N
N6512Y
Millbrook, New York, United States - Serious injuries -
10 Jun 1984 Cessna 182R II
N9845H
Fulton, New York, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -

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