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http://registry.faa.gov/N69286
Location: Shoreham, NY
Accident Number: ERA17LA069
Date & Time: 12/11/2016, 1300 EST
Registration: N69286
Aircraft: BEECH A36
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Defining Event: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
Injuries: 2 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Personal
On December 11, 2016, about 1300 eastern standard time, a Beech A36, N69286, was substantially damaged following a total loss of engine power during cruise flight and subsequent ditching in the Long Island Sound, near Shoreham, New York. The private pilot and a passenger were not injured. The airplane departed from Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), New York, New York and was destined for Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF), Westfield, Massachusetts. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to the pilot, after reaching a cruise altitude of 5,500 feet, the engine started running rough. The pilot then pushed the mixture, propeller, and throttle controls to the full forward position. The engine was still running rough and getting worse. The pilot then decided to turn around and return to ISP. During the turn back to the airport, the pilot noticed oil was covering the windscreen. He then declared an emergency and asked air traffic control for radar vectors to Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR) Bridgeport, Connecticut. The air traffic controller told him to turn north to a heading of 360°, however, the pilot was having trouble keeping the airplane's wings level and did not want to turn that far to the north. The pilot then requested vectors to Calverton Executive Airpark (3C8), Calverton, New York. The controller told the pilot that 3C8 was 7 miles ahead of his current position.
At that time, the engine was still producing partial power and the pilot believed he could reach the airport. A few seconds later, he saw parts which he thought were from the propeller, separate from the airplane. The engine then lost total power and the pilot told the controller they would not make the airport and were going to ditch the airplane in the Long Island Sound. The pilot remembered that the airspeed indicator read 80 knots just before contact with the water. Once they ditched in the water, the pilot and passenger opened the door, egressed and swam to a rock that was close by and waited for rescue personnel to arrive.
Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the right-wing spar was damaged and the engine had several holes in the crankcase. A front section of the crankshaft was fractured and the propeller was not recovered.
The engine was sent to the manufacturer's facility for teardown and examination. The teardown revealed that the #4 main bearing journal and the fracture surfaces displayed crack arrest and beach marks consistent with fatigue cracking. The crankcase mating surfaces also revealed signs of fretting at the #1, #2, #3 and #4 main bearing journal case halves. The surface of the #4 bearing journal was obliterated and the #3 main bearing journal showed signs of lock slot elongation. All six connecting rods displayed signatures of lubrication distress. Significant amounts of metal consistent with bearing material and crankcase debris were recovered from the oil sump and observed on the oil pickup tube screen. The through bolt breakaway torque values observed during the disassembly exam were low.
The crankshaft was forwarded to the NTSB Material Laboratory in Washington D.C. for examination. A bench binocular microscope examination of the fracture face revealed crack arrest marks typical of fatigue cracking. Scanning electron microscope examination of the fracture face revealed the origin of the fatigue crack contained mechanical damage from relative movement between the mating fracture faces that obliterated the fine fatigue crack origin features.
According to FAA and aircraft maintenance records, the airplane was originally issued an airworthiness certificate on February 18, 1984, and registered to the owner on October 9, 2014. It was powered by a Continental IO-550-B1A engine. According to maintenance records, the most recent annual inspection was conducted on June 10, 2016, with a recorded time in service of 1,648.3 hours. The engine had 6 new cylinders installed on May 21, 2012, and had accumulated 163.8 hours of service at the time of inspection.
Pilot Information
Certificate: Private
Age: 48, Male
Airplane Rating(s): Single-engine Land
Seat Occupied: Left
Other Aircraft Rating(s): None
Restraint Used: 3-point
Instrument Rating(s): Airplane
Second Pilot Present: No
Instructor Rating(s): None
Toxicology Performed: No
Medical Certification: Class 3 With Waivers/Limitations
Last FAA Medical Exam: 04/01/2015
Occupational Pilot: No
Last Flight Review or Equivalent: 10/16/2016
Flight Time: 700 hours (Total, all aircraft), 250 hours (Total, this make and model), 31.6 hours (Last 90 days, all aircraft), 1.1 hours (Last 30 days, all aircraft)
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Registration: N69286
Model/Series: A36 UNDESIGNATED
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Year of Manufacture:
Amateur Built: No
Airworthiness Certificate: Normal
Serial Number: E-2152
Landing Gear Type: Retractable - Tricycle
Seats: 6
Date/Type of Last Inspection: 06/10/2016, Annual
Certified Max Gross Wt.: 3651 lbs
Time Since Last Inspection: 50 Hours
Engines: 1 Reciprocating
Airframe Total Time: 1650 Hours as of last inspection
Engine Manufacturer: Continental
ELT: Installed
Engine Model/Series: 550
Registered Owner: On file
Rated Power: 300 hp
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: KISP, 84 ft msl
Distance from Accident Site: 13 Nautical Miles
Observation Time: 1756 UTC
Direction from Accident Site: 222°
Lowest Cloud Condition: Few / 3200 ft agl
Visibility: 10 Miles
Lowest Ceiling: Broken / 14000 ft agl
Visibility (RVR):
Wind Speed/Gusts: 8 knots /
Turbulence Type Forecast/Actual: / None
Wind Direction: 160°
Turbulence Severity Forecast/Actual: / N/A
Altimeter Setting: 30.46 inches Hg
Temperature/Dew Point: 1°C / -8°C
Precipitation and Obscuration: No Obscuration; No Precipitation
Departure Point: NEW YORK, NY (ISP)
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Destination: WESTFIELD/SPRINGFIELD, MA (BAF)
Type of Clearance: VFR Flight Following
Departure Time: 1200 EST
Type of Airspace: Class E
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 None
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: 1 None
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 2 None
Latitude, Longitude: 40.956944, -72.908611 (est)
NTSB Identification: ERA17LA069
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, December 11, 2016 in Shoreham, NY
Aircraft: BEECH A36, registration: N69286
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On December 11, 2016, about 1300 eastern standard time, a Beech A36, N69286, was substantially damaged following a total loss of engine power during cruise flight and subsequent ditching in the Long Island Sound, near Shoreham, New York. The private pilot and a passenger were not injured. The airplane departed from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (ISP), New York, and destined for Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF), Westfield, Massachusetts. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to the pilot, after reaching a cruise altitude of 5,500 feet, the engine started running rough. The pilot then pushed the mixture, propeller, and throttle controls to the full forward position. The engine was still running rough and getting worse. The pilot then decided to turn around and go back to ISP. During the turn back to the airport, the pilot noticed oil was covering the windscreen. He then declared an emergency and asked air traffic control for vectors to Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), Bridgeport, Connecticut. The air traffic controller told him to turn north to a heading of 360 degrees, however, the pilot was having trouble keeping the airplane's wings level and did not want to turn that far to the north. The pilot then requested vectors to Calverton Executive Airpark (3C8), Calverton, New York. The controller told the pilot that 3C8 was 7 miles ahead of his current position.
At that time, the engine was still producing partial power and the pilot believed he could make the airport. A few seconds later, he saw parts, which he thought were from the propeller separate from the airplane. The engine then lost total power and the pilot told the controller they would not make the airport, and were going to ditch the airplane in the Long Island Sound near Shoreham, New York. The pilot remembered that the airspeed indicator read 80 knots just before contact with the water. Once they ditched in the water, the pilot and passenger opened the door, swam to a rock that was close by and waited for rescue personnel to arrive.
Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the right wing spar was damaged and the engine had several holes in the crankcase. A front section of the crankshaft was fractured and the propeller was not recovered.
The airframe and engine were retained for further investigation.
NEW HYDE PARK, Long Island (WABC) -- The pilot of a plane who crash landed in Long Island Sound is speaking out exclusively to Eyewitness News.
Dr. Inderpal Chhabra is still thawing-out Monday night, barely 24 hours after he landed his single-engine plane in the 40-degree waters of Long Island Sound.
Dr. Chhabra was flying his Beechcraft Bonanza Sunday afternoon with his co-pilot when the engine began to shake.
"As soon as I reached cruising altitude it got a little bit of a shudder, so I looked at my co-pilot and was like, 'Should we turn back?' And he said, 'Yeah you should.' And the teacher, 'As soon as you think you should turn back, you should turn back,'" Dr. Chhabra said. "It was a controlled landing on the water, it was not a crash."
He says he and his passenger swam a short distance to a large rock, after waiting on the wing until the plane sank.
They were rescued by volunteer firefighters from Rocky Point.
"I was like, why is this taking them so long? We could see the police helicopters directly over us, so we knew that help was near, but it seemed like an eternity. But then I was so glad, a shout out to the Rock Point Fire Department and the Suffolk County Police. This is what we train for. Fly the plane all the way into the crash, and I'm so glad that's what I did. Up until the last minute that I hit the water, I was actually still flying the plane," Dr. Chhabra said.
Story and video: http://abc7ny.com
A Sikh doctor has miraculously survived a plane crash after he managed to land the aircraft he was piloting on the frigid waters of an estuary near here and then along with his co-pilot swam to a large rock. Inderpal Chhabra, a 48-year-old prominent physician who resides in Woodbury, and co-pilot David Tobachnik, 59, of Coram, were flying a Beechcraft Bonanza when the engine began to shake. The plane took off from MacArthur Airport, Long Island, heading to Calverton, New York, but went down in the waters of the Long Island Sound on Sunday.
The two men crashed on the Long Island Sound and clung on to a rock in frigid waters before they were rescued off Shoreham, authorities said.
“As soon as I reached cruising altitude it got a little bit of a shudder, so I looked at my co-pilot and was like, ‘Should we turn back?’ And he said, ‘Yeah you should’,” Chhabra told WABC-TV.
“It was a controlled landing on the water, it was not a crash,” Chhabra said.
He said he and his co-pilot swam a short distance to a large rock, after waiting on the wing until the plane sank.
They were rescued by volunteer firefighters.
“I was like, why is this taking them so long? We could see the police helicopters directly over us, so we knew that help was near, but it seemed like an eternity,” Chhabra said.
“But then I was so glad, a shout out to the Rock Point Fire Department and the Suffolk County Police. This is what we train for. Fly the plane all the way into the crash, and I’m so glad that’s what I did. Up until the last minute that I hit the water, I was actually still flying the plane,” Chhabra said.
Source: http://indianexpress.com
A small plane carrying two people crashed into the Long Island Sound off Shoreham on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
The people, who were not identified, were taken to Stony Brook University Hospital “for evaluation,” a Suffolk fire rescue dispatcher said. He did not know their conditions.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement Sunday that the crash occurred at 1:25 p.m. and involved a Beech BE36 aircraft.
“The pilot reported an engine power-related problem,” the FAA statement said. The agency said it will investigate the crash.
Shoreham resident Gary Berezuk, who lives near the site of the crash, said he heard a sound “like a truck hitting something in the road” on Sunday afternoon before he looked out his kitchen window and realized a small, white plane had crashed in the water.
He said the plane’s occupants stood on the wings of the plane before it became submerged in the frigid water, then clung to a rock for about 45 minutes until they were rescued.
“I heard something as I was, you know, sitting in my house and I didn’t think anything of it until . . . I went to the kitchen window and I saw a plane in the water,” he said “I said, ‘Oh my God,’ And that’s when I called 911.”
The plane was still above the surface of the water by the time he got out to his backyard, which sits on a cliff overlooking where the crash happened. Berezuk said he saw the two people standing on the wings of the plane.
“Then the plane started to nose-dive into the water, you know, from the weight of the engine, and slowly went in and started sinking,” he said. “And that’s when they had to jump off and luckily they got onto the rock.”
The plane became almost completely submerged within five minutes, he said.
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Berezuk said he watched the two people hold onto the rock for about 45 minutes before they were rescued by a boat. The Rocky Point and Sound Beach fire departments responded to the scene, the fire dispatcher said.
Police and fire rescue were on the scene within about 15 minutes, and a helicopter was circling above the two people leading up to the rescue, Berezuk said.
By 2:15 p.m. only the tip of the plane’s tail was above the water, with one wing still visible just below the surface.
Story and video: http://www.newsday.com
SHOREHAM, NY — A small plane lost engine power and crashed into Long Island Sound off Shoreham Sunday afternoon and two passengers were taken to a local hospital, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The plane was headed for Calverton on the eastern end of Long Island when the pilot lost power around 1:30 p.m. and smoke filled the cockpit, said Jonathan Cinquegrana, a coast guard spokesman based in New Haven. The pilot than guided the plane into the water.
Two passengers, who have not yet been identified, were taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment, Cinquegrana said.
Cinquegrana said as of 3:30 p.m. the plane remained in the water and some fuel had leaked from the tanks. Local fire departments and first responders rescued the passengers and transported them to the hospital, he said. It was not clear Sunday where the plane had taken off from.
Source: http://www.greenwichtime.com
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