# Accident 20070422015179A: Piper PA23250, Willimantic, CT, April 22, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2007, 15:43 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7419° N, 72.1761° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7419&lon=-72.1761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5651Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5651Y-2009-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,827 total, 3,827 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070422015179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT N5651Y, A PA-23-250, SERIAL NUMBER 27-2767 WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AT WINDAM AIRPORT (IJD). AT ABOUT 5 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE PILOT INITIATED A MISSED APPROACH AND GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AT HIGH RATE AND BANKED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD FULL FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR DOWN THROUGHOUT THE MISSED APPROACH. AT THE TOP OF THE LEFT HAND TURN (ABOUT 800 FEET) THE LEFT WING DIPPED. IT CONTINUED TO DIP AND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN AND BECAME INVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND SLIGHTLY INVERTED AND NOSE FIRST.

## 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 NYC07FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA100), Apr 22, 2007: Piper PA-23-250 (N5651Y), Windham, CT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around.

## Other reports on N5651Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19920613028889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920613028889I), Jun 13, 1992: Piper PA23250 (N5651Y), Shirley, NY, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.

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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