# Incident 19900403020149I: Piper PA31, Bridgeport, CT, April 3, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1990, 08:33 local time
- 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
- 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: CGNIR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 800 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900403020149I

## Narrative

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

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

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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