# Accident 19860330007979A: Piper PA24, Somers, CT, March 30, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1986, 20:30 local time
- Place: Somers, CT
- Airport: Ellington
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9505° N, 72.4377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9505&lon=-72.4377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6599P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6599P-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 45 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860330007979A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AND HIGH TERRAIN DURING A NIGHT VFR APROACH. THE PILOT BEGAN DESCENT TOO EARLY.

## 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 NYC86FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA096), Mar 31, 1986: Piper PA-24-180 (N6599P), Somers, CT, destroyed, 5 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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