# Incident 19960810026639I: Mnslnr MS760B, Bridgeport, CT, August 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1996, 11:50 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N207MJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N207MJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Morane-Saulnier MS760B (registry code 5910106, https://openairdocs.org/model/morane-saulnier-ms760b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca MARBORE IIC (registry code 60004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-marbore-iic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MNSLNR MS760B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,400 total, 50 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960810026639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 08/10/96 AN INSTRUCTOR PROVIDING DUAL INSTRUCTION TO HIS STUDENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING A TYPE RATING IN THE MORANE SAULNIER (MS76) DEPARTED BRIDGEPORT, CT (BDR). THE STUDENT FLEW THE ENTIRE FIRST LEG OF THE TRIP TO STEWART, NY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETER STOP LANDING. AFTER DEPARTING STEWART ON THE RETURN TRIP TO BDR THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FLEW AT AN APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 4500'. THE LANDING AT BDR WAS WITHIN 200' OF THE NUMBERS AND THE INITIAL BRAKING RESPONSE SEEMED GOOD AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED RAPIDLY. AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED TAXIWAY HOTEL THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE BRAKE RESPONSE FADING. HE INSTRUCTED HIS STUDENT TO TRY HIS BUT THE STUDENT REPORTED THE SAME. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED 15-20 MPH AND PROCEEDED APPROXIMATELY 80' INTO A DITCH WITH APPROXIMATELY 4' OF WATER IN IT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF BRAKING THROUGH THE 80' OF GRASS.

## Other reports on N207MJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19901226066009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901226066009I), Dec 26, 1990: Mnslnr MS760B (N207MJ), Halifax, CN. Canadian officials reported this aricraft performing aerobatics in voilation of regulations.

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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