Pittsfield Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Windsor, Massachusetts 01270
Wednesday, December 10, 1986 9:45 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

DRG ARR FOR A LOC RWY 26 APCH, THE PLT WAS ADZD THE ABYSS FAN MARKER WAS NOTAMED OUT-OF-SVC. WITH ABYSS INOP, MIN DSCNT ALT (MDA) WAS 2200'. AFTER N65TD WAS CLRD FOR THE APCH, RADAR SVC WAS TERMINATED & THE FLT WAS CLRD TO ADZY FREQ. THE CREW CONTACTED UNICOM & OBTAINED ARPT & WX ADZY. UNICOM OPERATOR ADZD WINDS LGT & VRBL, ESTD 800' OVERCAST, VIS 5 MI, SLUSH & ICE RPRTD ON RWY 1/2 HR EARLIER. AFTER THE CREW RPRTD 'PROCEDURE TURN INBND,' NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECDFM THE ACFT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT HIT TREES ON RISING TRRN AT AN ELEV OF APRX 2200', APRX 7 MI BFR REACHING THE FINAL APCH FIX (FAF, DALTON NDB). MIN ALT FOR THE APCH IN THAT AREA WAS 3000'. NO PREIMPACT PART PRBLMS WERE FND DRG THE INV. WIT- NESSES RPRTD THE ENGS SOUNDED NORMAL BFR IMPACT; MTN TOPS WERE OBSCD. ARPT ELEV WAS 1194'. RADIO TRANSCRIPTS INDCD THE CREW WERE GETTING A WEAK SIGNAL FM THE DALTON NDB. ALTHO NOT A REQD NAVAID, CHESTER VORTAC WAS DEPICTED ON THE APCH CHART AS AN ADNL SOURCE TO ID THE FAF, BUT WAS NOTAMED AS OUT-OF-SVC. THE PLT DID NOT OBTAIN NOTAMS BFR FLT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/10/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 945
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City WINDSOR
Event State MASSACHUSETTS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 01270
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport PITTSFIELD
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PSF
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 13
Degrees magnetic from airport 80
Airport Elevation 1194
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1000 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 260
Weather Observation Facility ID PSF
Elevation of weather observation facility 1194
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 13
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Obscured
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 0
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 2
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 0
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 6
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 6
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2547
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 10 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1256
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 33475
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:29PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N65TD
NTSB Number ATL87MA041
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 Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model 100
Aircraft Series Identifier 100
Aircraft Serial Number B-50
Certified Max Gross Weight 10600
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 9
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Oct 22 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 70
Airframe Hours 7710
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name TELEDYNE INDUSTRIES
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1901 AVENUE OF THE STARS
Aircraft Owner City LOS ANGELES
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 90069
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) Executive/Corporate
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 21G
Departure City ELYRIA
Departure State OH
Departure Country
Departure Time 820
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code PSF
Destination City PITTSFIELD
Destination State MA
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 26
Runway Length 5000
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --