# Incident 19970429011439I: Piper PA34200T, Ellington, CT, April 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1997, 19:15 local time
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Airport: Ellington Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9254° N, 72.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (7B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9254&lon=-72.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711GC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711GC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 920 total, 25 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970429011439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT MADE BY THE PILOT TO PINOLE, CA POLICE THE PILOT WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM HOLLISTER AIRPORT TO BUCHANAN FIELD LOCATED AT CONCORD, CA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS AT 3000 FEET WHEN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STALLED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE HE DOVE THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE RESTART FAILED, HE THEN GLIDED THE AIRCRAFT TO A CLEARING AND LANDED. NTSB TOLD THE POLICE THAT HE COULD RELEASE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PILOT AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 LOCAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. POLICE REPORT STATED THERE APPEARED TO BE DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, PROP, LEFT WING, AND REAR SECTIONS. PILOT REPORTED HE WAS NOT HURT. POLICE REPORT NO OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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