FARMINGDALE, NY, USA
N34069
CESSNA 177RG
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES IN THE BETHPAGE STATE PARK DURING A RWY 14 ILS APCH AT REPUBLIC AIRPORT, FARMINGDALE, NY. THE PLT HAD INSTRUCTED HIS PASSENGER, A PRIVATE PLT, TO REPORT WHEN HE HAD THE APCH LIGHTS IN SIGHT. THE PLT STATED THE APCH WAS CONTINUED UNTIL AN ALT OF 300 FT WAS REACHED AT WHICH TIME THE GLIDE SLOPE FLAG APPEARED. HE INITIATED A MISSED APCH AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES. DECISION HEIGHT FOR THE APCH IS 329 FT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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