# Accident 20251010016619A: Socata TB 10, New Milford, CT, October 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2025, 19:40 local time
- Place: New Milford, CT
- Airport: Candlelight Farms
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5698° N, 73.4619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5698&lon=-73.4619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28170, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 10 (registry code 8680696, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB 10
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,276 total, 1,217 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251010016619A

## Narrative

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

A SOCATA TB-10, 4 PLACE SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 17 AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRPORT(IN NEW MILFORD, CONNECTICUT) IN THE DARK WHERE THERE ARE NO RUNWAY LIGHTS, OR LIGHTING ON THE AIRFIELD.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 7:40PM LOCAL TIME ON OCTOBER 10, 2025.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR SCRATCHES

## 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 ERA26LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA015), Oct 10, 2025: Socata TB 10 (N28170), New Milford, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to depart from an unlit turf runway at night, which resulted in a loss of directional control, and subsequent runway excursion.

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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