# Accident 19810813049369A: Piper PA24250, East Hartford, CT, August 13, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1981, 12:39 local time
- Place: East Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6939P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6939P-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 13 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FNE26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNE26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810813049369A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON LANDING APPROACH. CRASH-LANDED ON ISLAND IN RIVER. NO ENGINE DEFECTS. INDICATIONS OF WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 NYC81FNE26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNE26), Aug 13, 1981: Piper PA-24 (N6939P), E.Hartford, CT, substantial damage

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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