# Accident 19880219047889A: Piper PA34200T, Bridgeport, CT, February 19, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1988, 23:22 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: USEA
- Location: 41.1536° N, 73.1402° 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=41.1536&lon=-73.1402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2469M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2469M-1990-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,769 total, 19 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880219047889A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON ILS APPROACH AND CRASHED INTO WATER SHORT OF RUNWAY. LEFT ENGINE FOUND SHUT DOWN. NO DEFECTS FOUND.

## 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 NYC88FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA093), Feb 20, 1988: Piper PA-34-200T (N2469M), Stratford, CT, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N2469M (1)

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

- [Incident 19860619042829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860619042829I), Jun 19, 1986: Piper PA34200T (N2469M), Plymouth, MA, Minor damage. Nose gear could not be extended for landing. Landed on grass with nose wheel up. Cause of malfunction unreported.

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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