# Incident 19861012064519I: Piper PA28140, Bridgeport, CT, October 12, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1986, 08:07 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7597R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7597R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861012064519I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT COMPLETED A FLIGHT WITH A PASSENGER ONBOARD.

## Other reports on N7597R (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820130015269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820130015269I), Jan 30, 1982: Piper PA28140 (N7597R), Farmingdale, NY. Brake rotor failure on landing. Steered off runway into grass to stop.
- [Incident 19790919023809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790919023809I), Sep 19, 1979: Piper PA28140 (N7597R), Hudson, NY, Minor damage. Student pilot on go around in a crosswind contacted tree branches due to poor directional control.

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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