Ryan NAVION-A N4529K

Summary

On 20 October 1998 at about 21:30 local time, a Ryan NAVION-A registered N4529K was involved in an accident near East Moriches, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 October 1998 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

East Moriches, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Spadaro (1N2)

Coordinates

40.8100, -72.7600

Aircraft

Ryan NAVION-A

Registration

N4529K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Farmingdale → Spadaro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD99LA011

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and the certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated flight instructor and student pilot/owner took off with the winds from 330 degrees magnetic at 18 knots. After practicing in the local training area, they flew to another airport 31 miles to the east. After entering the traffic pattern, they noticed the windsock favoring runway 36 and estimated the wind to be 5 knots. During the first attempt at landing, the student pilot was too high and fast, and a go-around was executed. Throughout the go-around and traffic pattern, the student and CFI did not notice any changes in the wind. On descent to the runway, the CFI stated that the '(air)speed needle jumped from 75 to 60 and the airplane started sinking in a pre-stall configuration. Before the student had time to react, I pushed the nose of the airplane down in an attempt to restore enough (air) speed while telling him to add power.' The airplane impacted the runway, collapsing the nose landing gear and came to rest in an upright position off the right side of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.