Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Teterboro Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fairview, New Jersey
Sunday, November 10, 1985 17:22 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DASSAULT FALCON 50 (D50), N784B, WAS ON VOR/DME-A APCH AT DUSK TO CIRCLE/LND AT TETERBORO (TEB), AS PIPER PA-28, N1977H,WAS TRANSITING ARPT TRAFFIC AREA (ATA) FM WEST TO EAST AT 1500' IN VFR (NO FLT PLN). PA-28 PLT WAS CLRD THRU ATA BY TEB TWR (STAYING BLO TCA FLOOR AT 1800'). LCL CTLR (LC) WAS ALSO HANDLING SVRL OTR ACFT & RDO FREQ WAS CONGESTED. ARTS COM- PUTER DIDN'T ACQUIRE D50'S EARLY DEP FM MORRISTOWN. TRACON HAD COORDINATED D50 ARRIVAL WITH TEB TWR, BUT TWR COORDINATOR& CLNC DELIVERY CTLR FAILED TO SPECIFICALLY NOTIFY THE LC. LC WAS SURPRISED WHEN D50 CREW (ARRIVING AT A SOMEWHAT FAST SPEED) CONTACTED HIM. LC GAVE TRAFFIC INFO TO D50 CREW, BUT PROVIDED MISLEADING ADVISORY CONCERNING THE PA-28'S DRCTN OFFLT. SUBSEQUENTLY, D50 & PA-28 CONVERGED & COLLIDED AT EDGE OF ATA, 4.5 MI ESE OF ARPT. D50 CRASHED IN APARTMENT BLDG, KILLING 1 & INJURING 2. EVIDENCE OF BREAKDOWN IN ATC COORDINATION; ATC MANAGEMENT AT TEB FAILED TO RECOGNIZE & CORRECT OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS. BRITE RADAR AT TEB TWR DID NOT DISPLAY ALPHA-NUMERIC DATA OR RANGE MARKS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/10/1985 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1722 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | FAIRVIEW |
| Event State | NEW JERSEY |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | |
| Event Date Year | 1985 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | TETERBORO |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | TEB |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 5 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 150 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1750 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 150 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | TEB |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 9 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 4 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Dusk |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 10000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| 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) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 11 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 220 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 1 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 2 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 6 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 8 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2986 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Dec 10 1985 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1800 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 28588 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N784B | N1977H |
| NTSB Number | DCA86AA004A | DCA86AA004B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91F: Special Flt Ops. | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | In-flight | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | In-flight | Ground |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | DASSAULT | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | FALCON 50 | PA-28-181 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | FALCON 50 | PA-28-181 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 118 | 28-7790363 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 26450 | 2550 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 3 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | Feb 22 1985 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | 237 |
| Airframe Hours | -- | -- |
| ELT Installed | No | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | No |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | NABISCO BRAND CORPORATION | AIR PEGASUS CORPORATION |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | CN 1977 MORRISTOWN MUN. ARPT | 1275 BLOOMFIELD AVE. BLDG 1 |
| Aircraft Owner City | MORRISTOWNER | FAIRFIELD |
| Aircraft Owner State | NJ | NJ |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 07960 | 07006 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | ||
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | ||
| Operator City | ||
| Operator State | ||
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | ||
| Operator Code | ||
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Unknown | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Unknown | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Unknown | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Executive/Corporate | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | MMV | CDW |
| Departure City | MORRISTOWN | CALDWELL |
| Departure State | NJ | NJ |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1711 | 1713 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | TEB | |
| Destination City | TETERBORO | |
| Destination State | NJ | |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:05AM | Feb 26 2001 8:05AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 19 | 0 |
| Runway Length | 7000 | -- |
| Runway Width | 150 | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |