Project Summary: Aviation Investigation - 103 Docket Items - NYC99MA178

Description: PA-32-R301

Mode: Aviation

NTSB Number: NYC99MA178

Date of Accident: 07/16/1999

City: VINEYARD HAVEN

State/Region: MA

Country: United States

Project Type: Investigation

Docket Information

Creation Date: 06/05/2000

Last Modified: 05/07/2013 5:11 PM

Public Release Date & Time: 07/06/2000 11:54 AM


Docket Table of Contents

Docket Items: 103
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1 Cover Sheet for FOI99MA178, FOI99MA178X and FOI99MA178XX (Freedom of Information Data) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
2 Supplement A 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
3 Supplement B 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
4 Operations 2 - Group Chairman Factual Report 100 0 Adobe PDF file View
5 ATC 3 - ATC Information 22 0 Adobe PDF file View
6 Meteorology 5 - Group Chairman Factual Report 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
7 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 9 0 Adobe PDF file View
8 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart 1A 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
9 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart 2A 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
10 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart 3A 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
11 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart 4A 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
12 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart 5A 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
13 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart 6A 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
14 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart 7A 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
15 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - (continued) 18 0 Adobe PDF file View
16 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page24) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
17 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 25) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
18 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 (continued) 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
19 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 28) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
20 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 29) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
21 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - (continued) 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
22 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 37) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
23 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - (continued) 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
24 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 42) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
25 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 43) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
26 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 44) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
27 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - (continued) 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
28 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 50) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
29 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 51) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
30 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 52) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
31 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 53) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
32 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 54) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
33 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 55) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
34 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 56) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
35 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 57) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
36 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 58) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
37 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 59) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
38 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 60) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
39 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 61) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
40 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 62) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
41 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 63) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
42 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 64) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
43 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - (continued) 9 0 Adobe PDF file View
44 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - Chart (page 74) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
45 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - (continued) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
46 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 - (continued) 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
47 Powerplants 8 - Group Chairman Factual Report 9 0 Adobe PDF file View
48 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 1 - Tabular Radar Data & Radar Data Plots 19 0 Adobe PDF file View
49 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 1 - Chart 1 - Flight Path of N9253N based on New York Center ARSR data. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
50 Aircraft Perfromance 13 - Attachment 1 - Chart 2 - Radar Data from Several sources 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
51 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 1 - Chart 3 - Selected Final Radar Returns for N9253N 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
52 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 1 - Chart 4 - Radar Data from Several Sources 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
53 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 1 - Chart 5 - Westchester County Airport ASR Data Ground Track of AA 1484 and N9253N 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
54 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 1 - Chart 6 - Westchester County Airport ASR Data 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
55 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 2 - Wind Data 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
56 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 3 - Chart 1 - Input to Simulation 7/16/99 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
57 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 3 - Chart 2 - Radar Data from several sources compared with Simulation Results 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
58 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 3 - Chart 3 - Comparison of Simulattion Altitude with Radar Altitude 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
59 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 3 - Chart 4 - Simulation Results 7/16/99 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
60 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 3 - Chart 5 - Simulation Results 7/16/99 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
61 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 3 - Chart 6 - View from South East, Looking North West 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
62 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 3 - Chart 7 - View from East of Wreckage Site, Looking West 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
63 Aircraft Performance 13 - Attachment 3 - Chart 8 - View from South of Wreckage site, Looking North 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
64 Airworthiness - Group Chairman Factual Report 18 0 Adobe PDF file View
65 Airworthiness - Appendix A - Photographs (28) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
66 Airworthiness - Photo 1. View of the cockpit and cabin area. (NTSB-B2) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
67 Airworthiness - Photo 2. Close-up view of the instrument panel. Note that the attitude indicator (denoted by arrow) is captured in nose-down, steep right bank attitude. (NTSB-E21) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
68 Airworhtiness - Photo 3. View of right wing damage (view from forward looking aft). Note that the entire length of the wing spar was recovered. (NTSB-C2) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
69 Airworthiness - Photo 4. Close-up view of the outboard portion of the right wing (view from forward looking aft). Note aftward accordion crush damage of the leading edge skin. (NTSB-C13) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
70 Airworthiness - Photo 5. View of the inboard section of the right wing (view from aft looking forward). Note damage to main spar (background). Also note entire left flap (foreground) and lack of bulging or bowing deformation 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
71 Airworthiness - Photo 6. View off the inboard section of the right wing (view from forward looking aft). Note damage to main spar and the 90-degree forward bend (foreground) (NTSB-C14) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
72 Airworthiness - Photo 7. Close-up view of the right wing spar area near 90-degree forward bend. Right main landing gear trunion (shown in foreground) is normally installed in this area. Note damage to the spar web in this ar 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
73 Airworthiness - Photo 8. View of right wing damage (view from froward looking aft). Note that the entire length of the wing spar was recovered. (NTSB-C3) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
74 Airworthiness - Photo 9. Close-up view of the leading edge skin of the left wing (view from forward looking aft). Note hydrodynamic deformation in aft direction. (NTSB-I12) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
75 Airworthiness - Photo 10. View of inboard section of left wing spar. Note spar web damage and the diverging spar caps. Right main landing gear is normally stowed directly behind this area. (NTSB-I6) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
76 Airworthiness - Photo 11. Close-up view of the upper spar cap fitting of the wing carry-through section where it mates with the left wing spar. Note rearward direction of fractures. (NTSB-I12) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
77 Airworhtiness - Photo 12. View of the left side of the aft cabin and tail section. Note the bowing deformation of the separated rudder (denoted by arrow) and the twisting of the vertical stabilizer toward the right side of t 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
78 Airworthiness - Photo 13. Close-up view of the vertical stabilizer (view from right side view). Note that the upper half of the stabilizer is bent over toward the right side of the airplane. (NTSB-C22) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
79 Airworthiness - Photo 14. View of stabilator damage and upper structure of mating tail cone (denoted by arrow). Note bowing deformation of the tail cone and the rudder adjacent to it, and impact damage of the left stabilator. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
80 Airworthiness - Photo 15. View of the damage to the bottom structure of the aft-facing passenger seats in row 2. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
81 Airworthiness - Photo 16. View of the seat back structure of the aft-facing passenger seats in row 2. Note that the structure is bulged outward (forward relative to their normal installation in airplane). (NTSB-A2) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
82 Airworthiness - Photo 17. Close-up view of left main landing gear actuator. Note that the end of the actuator (denoted by arrow) is in the retracted position. (NTSB-E2) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
83 Airworthiness - Photo 18. Close-up view of the exposed portion of the stabilator trim jackscrew. (NTSB-T18) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
84 Airworthiness - Photo 19. Microscopic view of the airspeed indicator face. Note needle slap mark (denoted by arrow) beyond the 210-knot marking. This slap mark corresponds to the designed maximum needle travel. (NTSB-Lab Po 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
85 Airworthiness - Photo 20. Microscopic view of the vertical speed indicator face. Note needle slap mark is near the maximum indication of 2,000 feet per minute descent. (NTSB-Lab Polaroid) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
86 Airworthiness - Photo 21. Close-up view of the engine tachometer after removal from wreckage. Note that needle is captured at the 2,750 rpm indications, and the tachometer time reads 663.5 hours. (NTSB-T1) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
87 Airworthiness - Photo 22. View of primary (engine-driven) vacuum pump, after diassembly. The shear shaft was found intact. Note lack of vane damage or deformation. Also note lack of any pre-impact mechanical damage. (NTSB-S 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
88 Airworthiness - Photo 23. View of propeller assembly, prior to disassembly by investigators. Note "S" bending, chordwise scratching, and leading edge gouging. (NTSB-BB) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
89 Airworthiness - Photo 24. View of all three propeller blades after removal from hub by investigators. Note "S" bending, chordwise scratching, and leading edge gouging. Also note two impressions in leading edge of blade no. 1 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
90 Airworthiness - Photo 25. Close-up view of leading edge damage of propeller blade no. 1. (NTSB-CC) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
91 Airworthiness - Photo 26. Overall view of engine prior to disassembly and inspection. Note that propeller had separated from the engine. Also note damage to the top of the no. 2 cylinder head section. (NTSB-AA) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
92 Airworthiness - Photo 27. Close-up view of the top of the no. 1 cylinder head section (view looking outboard) with propeller blade no. 1 resting next to it. Note consistent locations of blade damage with the cylinder damage. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
93 Airworthiness - Photo 28. Close-up view of the top of the no. 1 cylinder head section (view looking inboard) with propeller blade no. 1 resting next to it. Note consistent locations of blade damage with the cylinder damage. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
94 Airworthiness - Appendix B - Drawings of Structural Damage 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
95 Airworthiness - Appendix C - Autopilot & GPS Information 39 0 Adobe PDF file View
96 Airworthiness - Appendix D - Maintenance Record Excerpts 20 0 Adobe PDF file View
97 Release of Aircraft Wreckage, NTSB Form 6120.15 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
98 Photo 1. Photograph of the accident airplane taken within three months of the accident. (Photograph provided by previous owner of accident airplane) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
99 Photo 2. Photograph of the cockpit and instrument panel layout of the accident airplane taken within three months of the accident. (Photograph provided by previous owner of accident airplane) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
100 Photo 3. Photograph showing the interior cabin of the accident taken within three months of the accident. Second row of seats were aft-facing. (Photograph provided by previous owner of accident airplane) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
101 Photo 4. Overall view of wreckage (with right wing in the foreground) after it was laid out in a two-dimensional reconstruction. (NTSB-B2) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
102 Statement of Party Representatives to NTSB Investigation 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
103 Toxicological Report 1 0 Adobe PDF file View