# Accident 19831129059209A: Piper PA34200T, Bennington, VT, November 29, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1983, 14:50 local time
- Place: Bennington, VT
- Airport: State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8711° N, 73.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bennington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8711&lon=-73.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2958R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2958R-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,505 total, 155 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831129059209A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAITED TOO LONG AND ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO GET TOO LOW ON MISSED APPROACH. CRASH OCCURRED 2 MILES BEYOND AIRPORT

## 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 NYC84FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA042), Nov 29, 1983: Piper PA-34-200T (N2958R), Bennington, VT, destroyed

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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