Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Hariman-And-West Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Williamstown, Massachusetts 01247
Thursday, August 4, 1994 16:05 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE AIRPLANE HAD UNDER GONE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE FOR SLOW ACCELERATION ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THE FUEL CONTROLS WERE CHANGED FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE TO THE LEFT ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE WAS RELEASED BACK TO THE PILOT FOR SERVICE, AND HE DEPARTED FOR HIS HOME STATION. SEVERAL WITNESSES SAW THE AIRPLANE AFTER TAKEOFF AT A LOW ALTITUDE, AND AT A SLOW SPEED. THE AIRPLANE TURNED LEFT, AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. TWO WITNESSES SAW THE AIRPLANE PASS BY THEM AT A LOW ALTITUDE, AND WROTE, '...AT THIS POINT WE COULD SEE THE LEFT (PORT) ENGINE PROPELLER WAS TURNING VERY SLOWLY. YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE INDIVIDUAL BLADES OF THE PROPELLER TURNING.' A COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY OF BOTH ENGINES, REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES OTHER THAN IMPACT, AND POST IMPACT FIRE DAMAGE. DISASSEMBLY OF THE LEFT PROPELLER INDICATED THAT THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE AT OR NEAR FEATHER AT IMPACT. THE PILOT HAD A TOTAL OF 106 FLIGHT HOURS IN BEECH A100 AIRCRAFT, ALL IN THE 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, AND 56 HOURS IN THE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the pilot's failure to maintain minimum control speed after an undetermined loss of engine power, which resulted in an inadvertent stall at too low of an altitude to allow recovery.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/4/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1605 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | WILLIAMSTOWN |
| Event State | MASSACHUSETTS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 01247 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | HARIMAN-AND-WEST |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 2B6 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 290 |
| Airport Elevation | 564 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Witness |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 1.75 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 28 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 230 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 11 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1967 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Aug 4 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1635 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 12:02PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N7GA |
| NTSB Number | NYC94FA148 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | A100 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | A100 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | B-119 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 11500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 11 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 4 1994 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 1 |
| Airframe Hours | 10426 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | WESTCHESTER AIR INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | HGR-C-1/WESTCHESTER CO. AIRPT |
| Aircraft Owner City | WHITE PLAINS |
| Aircraft Owner State | NY |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 10604 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | APGA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1605 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | HPN |
| Destination City | WHITE PLAINS |
| Destination State | NY |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Unknown |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 29 |
| Runway Length | 4300 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |