41.2493° N, 73.0968° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Sikorsky Heliport (JSD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 20, 1996 · 16:05 local
Place
Stratford, CT
Airport
Sikorsky Heliport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N561BC
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total900 in this make and model
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: pilot a. sobol was doing airwork, touch and goes, at igor I. Sikorsky memorial airport, Stratford, CT. Pilot claims hard landing. Struck both propellers, curling prop tips.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT A. SOBOL WAS DOING AIRWORK, TOUCH AND GOES, AT IGOR I. SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT, STRATFORD, CT. PILOT CLAIMS HARD LANDING. STRUCK BOTH PROPELLERS, CURLING PROP TIPS.