# Accident 19960406006119A: Cessna 172, Barkhamsted, CT, April 6, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1996, 18:30 local time
- Place: Barkhamsted, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9293° N, 72.9140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barkhamsted, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9293&lon=-72.9140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6234E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6234E-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 110 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960406006119A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AT NIGHT IN A SNOW SQUAL. REPORTED GYRO OUT. PRIOR SQUACK ON SAME. ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ALSO HIT SWAMP.

## 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 IAD96FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96FA057), Apr 6, 1996: Cessna 172 (N6234E), Barkhamsted, CT, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the CFI pilot/passenger's poor judgment which led to spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control of the airplane. Factors involved in this accident were the night marginal visual flight…

## Other reports on N6234E (1)

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

- [Incident 19800401047009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800401047009I), Apr 1, 1980: Cessna 172 (N6234E), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Student pilot lost control during landing on poorly maintained runway.

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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