Warwick Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Warwick, New York 10990
Sunday, February 19, 1995 16:30 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS 'ATTEMPTING A SIMULATED ENGINE-OUT' LANDING TO RUNWAY 21. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LINED UP TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT, THE LEFT WING 'CAUGHT THE TOP OF SOME BUSHES THAT WERE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.' THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED DURING THE IMPACT SEQUENCE. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ONTO THE RUNWAY.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the pilot allowed the airplane to get too low on the approach, during a simulated engine out landing, which resulted in impacting high bushes, and landing short of the runway.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 2/19/1995
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1630
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City WARWICK
Event State NEW YORK
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 10990
Event Date Year 1995
Event Date Month 2
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport WARWICK MUNICIPAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID N72
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 540
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
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 Unknown
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 7
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 260
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 9
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Feb 20 1995 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1050
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Dec 7 2000 4:03PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9795L
NTSB Number NYC95LA057
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model C23
Aircraft Series Identifier C23
Aircraft Serial Number M-1400
Certified Max Gross Weight 2400
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 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Oct 1 1994 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 30
Airframe Hours 2340
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name LINWAY ASSOCIATES INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 79 BERKLEY PL.
Aircraft Owner City GLEN ROCK
Aircraft Owner State NJ
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 07432
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
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) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code N07
Departure City LINCOLN PARK
Departure State NJ
Departure Country
Departure Time 1325
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code N72
Destination City
Destination State NY
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Approach
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 21
Runway Length 2150
Runway Width 35
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --