# Accident 20080920849369A: Berrie KOLBMARKIII, East Haddam, CT, September 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2008, 08:30 local time
- Place: East Haddam, CT
- Airport: Goodspeed
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4456° N, 72.4556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4456&lon=-72.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350RB-2011-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Berrie Robert C KOLB MARK III (registry code 05606SC, https://openairdocs.org/model/berrie-robert-c-kolb-mark-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BERRIE KOLBMARKIII
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 358 total, 220 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080920849369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT/OWNER LOST POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 300 AGL AND TURNED RIGHT TO AVOID A SWAMP OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND THEN THE GROUND.  PILOT SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG.  PASSENGER SUFFERED A BROKEN PELVIS.  NO FIRE.  AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 MIA08LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA197), Sep 20, 2008: Berrie Kolb Mark III (N350RB), East Haddam, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight inspection of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was water contamination of the fuel.

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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