# Accident 19960712016979A: Piper PA46310P, Hartford, CT, July 12, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1996, 11:15 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7354° N, 72.6301° 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=41.7354&lon=-72.6301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234DM-1997-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,918 total, 488 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960712016979A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CLIMB AFTER LIFT OFF. NEAR STALL CLEARING DIKE, DITCHED IN RIVER. NEAR GROSS. HAD FAILED USE FLAPS.

## 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 IAD96LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA115), Jul 12, 1996: Piper PA-46-310P (N234DM), Hartford, CT, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation, and his failure to attain the proper lift-off airspeed, which resulted in a stall and collision with the terrain (river).

## Other reports on N234DM (1)

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

- [Incident 19950329009479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950329009479I), Mar 29, 1995: Piper PA46310P (N234DM), Chester, CT, Minor damage. Brushed tree top on approach. Landed on 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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