# Accident 20150907015399A: Piper PA-24, Stratford, CT, September 7, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2015, 13:19 local time
- Place: Stratford, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1633° N, 73.1261° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1633&lon=-73.1261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7708P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7708P-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 701 total, 414 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA356) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150907015399A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 07, 2015, N7708P, PIPER MODEL PA-24, EN ROUTE NON-STOP FROM PEORIA ILLINOIS (PAI) LANDED AT SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (BDR). THE SAID AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED ON RWY 29 THAT HAD 230-DEGREE 13-KNOT CROSSWIND. RWY 24 WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR IT WAS CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION.  AT 1319 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT UPON TOUCH DOWN BOUNCED TWICE-LOSING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY BOTH TIMES, THEN MADE A SLIDING LEFT HAND TURN INTO THE GRASS JUST BEFORE TAXIWAY A. UPON ENTERING THE GRASS, THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE SOLE PERSON ON BOARD AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT?S CERTIFICATE, MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AND BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW WERE CURRENT.

THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN AIRWORTHY CONDITION PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.

THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING AND TAIL SECTION INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE WING SPAR WAS BENT AT ABOUT 4 FEET IN FROM WING TIP AND THE LANDING GEAR LINKAGE PIERCED THROUGH THE TOP OF THE WING. THE TAIL TIE DOWN WAS BENT OVER AND TAIL SECTION WAS BENT AT THE AFT BULKHEAD.

THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES, RUDDER AND NOSE WHEEL STEERING SYSTEMS WERE INSPECTED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND.

## 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 ERA15LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA356), Sep 7, 2015: Piper PA-24 (N7708P), Stratford, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in a crosswind.

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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