# Accident 19791119032922A: Piper PA23, Stratford, CT, November 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1979, 13:51 local time
- Place: Stratford, CT
- Airport: Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2473° N, 73.0978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIKORSKY (JSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2473&lon=-73.0978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4341P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4341P-1994-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,653 total, 900 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNE03|NYC80FNE04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNE03%7CNYC80FNE04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791119032922A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

COLLIDED WITH CESSNA 172M, N13660 WHILE TAXIING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N13660, Cessna 172M: [Accident 19791119032921A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791119032921A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC80FNE03|NYC80FNE04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNE03%7CNYC80FNE04), Nov 19, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N4341P), Stratford, CT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4341P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930315005539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930315005539A), Mar 15, 1993: Piper PA23160 (N4341P), Mena, AR, Substantial damage. Struck trees on mountainside trying to make VOR approach, no DME, encountered airframe and carb ice.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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