41.3249° N, 72.0669° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Groton, CT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 28, 1978 · 13:15 local
Place
Groton, CT
Airport
Trumbull
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N222AB
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total6,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot ignored ATC instructions for departure and departed from position on ramp.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT IGNORED ATC INSTRUCTIONS FOR DEPARTURE AND DEPARTED FROM POSITION ON RAMP.