# Accident 19911226057279A: Piper PA24260, Bridgeport, CT, December 26, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1991, 09:13 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1776° N, 73.1305° 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=41.1776&lon=-73.1305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9423P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9423P-1992-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540N1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,355 total, 716 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC92LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911226057279A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. CRASH LANDED ACROSS FREEWAY MEDIAN. ICE IN FUEL SYSTEM. NOT FUELED FOR TWO MONTHS.

## 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 NYC92LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA051), Dec 26, 1991: Piper PA-24-260C (N9423P), Stratford, CT, destroyed. Probable cause: WATER/ICE IN THE FUEL SYSTEM, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION AND A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND INADEQUATE PRE-FLIGHT PREPARATION BY THE…

## Other reports on N9423P (1)

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

- [Incident 19790726021379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790726021379I), Jul 26, 1979: Piper PA24260 (N9423P), Ainsworth, NE, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on touchdown. Found transmission attach brackets broken.

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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