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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Bridgeport, CT · April 3, 1990

Date
April 3, 1990 · 08:33 local
Place
Bridgeport, CT
Airport
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
VEMF
Aircraft
CGNIR
Reported as
Piper PA31
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total800 in this make and model

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.

Lost communication and navigation. Diverted for landing. Window seal leak allowed water to enter junction box.

As the FAA filed it

LOST COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION. DIVERTED FOR LANDING. WINDOW SEAL LEAK ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER JUNCTION BOX.