# Accident 19860103000079A: Cessna 182L, South Glastonbu, CT, January 3, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1986, 10:31 local time
- Place: South Glastonbu, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6702° N, 72.5747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6702&lon=-72.5747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3349R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3349R-2014-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860103000079A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RIDGE ON IFR FINAL. THE PILOT DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED ALTITUDE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

## 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 NYC86FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA057), Jan 3, 1986: Cessna 182L (N3349R), So.Glastonbury, CT, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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