Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:13 am
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4 missed approaches at Republic and 2 at JFK, then ran out of fuel after 5 hours airborne. JFK weather was 1/8th mile in fog, sky obscured.
Three occupants survived the crash of a Cessna 172 into a Long Island suburb Sunday night, according to reports in the New York Post. The 1977 Cessna 172N was on a flight from Niagara Falls, New York, to Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York.
According to reports, the aircraft was rented from a flight school at FRG by Dongl Kim, 27. Kim was returning to Republic but could not land in the fog. "They attempted to land at Republic Airport, they missed the runway four times, they were redirected into Kennedy, they missed the runway twice at Kennedy—as they came around, they ran out of fuel," police commissioner Patrick Ryder said.
The ATC recording makes for disturbing listening https://forums.liveatc.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=15275.0;attach=10323
Three occupants survived the crash of a Cessna 172 into a Long Island suburb Sunday night, according to reports in the New York Post. The 1977 Cessna 172N was on a flight from Niagara Falls, New York, to Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York.
According to reports, the aircraft was rented from a flight school at FRG by Dongl Kim, 27. Kim was returning to Republic but could not land in the fog. "They attempted to land at Republic Airport, they missed the runway four times, they were redirected into Kennedy, they missed the runway twice at Kennedy—as they came around, they ran out of fuel," police commissioner Patrick Ryder said.
The ATC recording makes for disturbing listening https://forums.liveatc.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=15275.0;attach=10323