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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 340A · Norwood, MA · March 16, 1984

Date: March 16, 1984 · 19:45 local
Place: Norwood, MA
Airport: Norwood
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N8482N
NTSB investigation: NTSBNYC84LA111
Reported as: Cessna 340A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520NB
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,900 total120 in this make and model58 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.

Aircraft hit tree on final instrument approach to airport.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT TREE ON FINAL INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB NYC84LA111Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorwood, MAThe plt reported that during an instrument apch, he descended to the mda with the radar altimeter set to 415 ft. the passenger in the right front seat, who was a plt, advised that he saw the apch lights & 1 or 2 seconds later, the radar altimeter sounded. The…Mar 17, 1984 · Substantial damage