Warwick Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Warwick, New York 10990
Sunday, December 16, 1990 13:15 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

WHILE ON A GO AROUND THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT AN ALTITUDE OF 50 FEET AGL. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A MARSH. THE ENGINE WAS TEST RUN AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

A POWER FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS, RESULTING IN A FORCED LANDING IN UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/16/1990
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1315
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City WARWICK
Event State NEW YORK
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 10990
Event Date Year 1990
Event Date Month 12
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 N7Z
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 540
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 1250 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 15
Weather Observation Facility ID SWF
Elevation of weather observation facility 540
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 16
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 3500
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Thin Broken
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 6
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 271
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 18
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) 0
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2231
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 16 1990 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1453
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 43996
Date of most recent change to record Dec 18 2002 11:28AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\GIUV
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9480T
NTSB Number NYC91LA050
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 CESSNA
Aircraft Model 210
Aircraft Series Identifier 210
Aircraft Serial Number 57280
Certified Max Gross Weight 2900
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 Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection 0
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name
Aircraft Owner Street Address
Aircraft Owner City
Aircraft Owner State
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name ALLEN HUMBLE
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 152 VALLEY RD
Operator City MAHWAH
Operator State NJ
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 07430
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 MGJ
Departure City MONTGOMERY
Departure State NY
Departure Country
Departure Time 1230
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
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 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 3
Runway Length 2150
Runway Width 25
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --