Cirrus Design Corp SR20 accident near New Windsor, NY
On November 21, 2007, a Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (airplane) was involved in an accident near New Windsor, NY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 21, 2007
- Place
- New Windsor, NY
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design Corp SR20 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 41.491°N, 74.169°W
- NTSB ID
- 20071221X01984
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 21, 2007, about 0145 eastern standard time, a Cirrus Design Corp. SR20, N108GD, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain in New Windsor, New York, while on approach to the Stewart International Airport (SWF), Newburgh, New York. The certificated private pilot was fatally injured, and two passengers were seriously injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the flight that departed the Lynchburg Regional Airport (LYH), Lynchburg, Virginia. The personal flight was conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The airplane was based at the Wings Field Airport (LOM), near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the pilot's wife, the pilot flew to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he watched their son play a basketball game. He then intended to fly to SWF, with his son, who was seated in the right front seat, and a passenger, who was seated in the right rear seat. According to information obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the pilot departed LOM about 1550, on November 20th, and landed at LYH about 1800. The pilot and two passengers departed LYH about 2250, and the airplane proceeded to SWF without incident. At about 0120, the pilot was cleared for an instrument landing system (ILS) approach to runway 9, a 11,818-foot-long, 150-foot-wide, asphalt runway, which resulted in a missed approach. The pilot was subsequently directed by air traffic control for a second ILS approach to runway 9. At 0141, the pilot reported that he was establis
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glidepath during an instrument-landing-system approach in fog. Contributing to the accident were pilot fatigue and air traffic control's failure to issue a minimum safe altitude warning.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
