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NYC86FA158

1986-06-23 · BRADFORD, Pennsylvania, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport BFD

N4445D has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (DEHAVILLAND DH115 VAMPIRE, built 1958), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PRIVATE, INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT FLYING A BEECHCRAFT V35 COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND, IN AN INVERTED ATTITUDE 1.5 MILES FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY WHILE ON AN ILS APPROACH DURING IFR CONDITIONS. HEAVY RAINSHOWERS FOG AND LIGHTNING WERE OBSERVED IN THE AREA OF THE AIRPORT DURING THE TIME OF THIS APPROACH. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_NYC86FA158.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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