# Accident 19920905035429A: Piper PA28180, Willimantic, CT, September 5, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1992, 00:30 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7440° N, 72.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDHAM (IJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7440&lon=-72.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3751R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3751R-1998-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 93 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920905035429A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON NIGHT LOCALIZER APPROACH. DESCENDED BELOW MDA. HAD ONLY THREE HOURS OF ACTUAL IFR TIME.

## 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 BFO92LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA123), Sep 5, 1992: Piper PA-28-180 (N3751R), Windham, CT, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IFR OPERATION. CONTRIBUTING WAS THE PILOT'S INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INEXPERIENCE.

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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