Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Republic Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Amityville, New York 11701
Wednesday, October 12, 1994 12:27 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot was receiving a re-examination checkride by a FAA inspector when the accident occurred. The flight was conducted in the traffic pattern for runway 01 at Republic Airport (FRG) for the purpose of doing touch-and-go landings on runway 01. While on base leg, the inspector simulated a loss of engine power by retarding the throttle. The pilot stated that he did the emergency procedure for the loss of power, and when he was instructed to advance the power, the engine did not respond. The pilot reported that the fuel pressure gage was indicating in the green arc range. The inspector turned the auxiliary fuel pump on, but the loss of power continued. The inspector took control of the airplane and did a forced landing into a reservoir. The examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction. The airplane was placarded to takeoff and land with aux fuel pump off, except in case of loss of fuel pressure. The approved airplane flight manual indicates the emergency procedure for loss of engine power is to check the fuel flow gage and if fuel is abnormally low to turn the aux fuel pump on then off if performance does not improve in a few moments.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Also causal was the inspector's improper inflight decision to simulate an emergency beyong the gliding distance to a suitable landing area.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/12/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1227 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | AMITYVILLE |
| Event State | NEW YORK |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 11701 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | REPUBLIC AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | FRG |
| 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 | 165 |
| Airport Elevation | 81 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1226 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 345 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | FRG |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 81 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| 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) | 30 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 14 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 10 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2081 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 12 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1325 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 12:29PM |
| 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 | N601AV |
| NTSB Number | NYC95LA008 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | A36 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | A36 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | E-1763 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3600 |
| 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 | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 13 1994 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 100 |
| Airframe Hours | 1628 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | AIRCRAFT LEASING INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 10 SAW MILL LN. |
| Aircraft Owner City | SPRING HARBOR |
| Aircraft Owner State | NY |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 11724 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | FLIGHTWAYS |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | REPUBLIC AIRPORT |
| Operator City | FARMINGDALE |
| Operator State | NY |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| 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) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | FRG |
| Departure City | FARMINGDALE |
| Departure State | NY |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1200 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 19 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |