# NTSB ERA17FA011: Piper PA 34-200, N15294, East Hartford, CT, October 11, 2016 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report - Date: October 11, 2016, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: East Hartford, CT - Coordinates: 41.736667, -72.649444 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Other: Security/criminal event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious - Status: Completed, report November 28, 2016 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Lead agency: Other - NTSB case key (mKey): 94182 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17FA011 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94182/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=94182 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA011 ## Probable cause The NTSB did not determine the probable cause of this event and does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-34-200, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md?model=7103405), [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md) - [Intentional act: suicide](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051015): Personnel issues › Miscellaneous · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-34-200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051015/cases.md?model=7103405), [All aircraft, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Other: Security/criminal event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-34-200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350/sequence.md?model=7103405), [All aircraft, 27 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350/sequence.md) ## Analysis On October 11, 2016, about 1530 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-34-200 twin-engine airplane, N15294, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD), Hartford, Connecticut. The flight instructor was seriously injured, and the private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to International Aviation, LLC, and operated by American Flight Academy as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the airport at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight that departed HFD about an hour earlier. The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The NTSB provided requested technical assistance to the FBI, and any material generated by the NTSB is under the control of the FBI. The NTSB does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. ## Factual narrative On October 11, 2016, about 1530 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-34-200 twin-engine airplane, N15294, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD), Hartford, Connecticut. The flight instructor was seriously injured, and the private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to International Aviation, LLC, and operated by American Flight Academy as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the airport at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight that departed HFD about an hour earlier. The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The NTSB provided requested technical assistance to the FBI, and any material generated by the NTSB is under the control of the FBI. The NTSB does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N15294](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15294-2019-11-29), registration cancelled 2019-11-29, S/N 34-7350047, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA 34-200 (200) - Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (registry code 7103405) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 34-7350047 - Year built: 1972 - Engines: LYCOMING I0360 SER reciprocating; LYCOMING I0360 SER reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: American Flight Academy - Registered owner: International Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: HFD, East Hartford, CT - Destination: HFD, East Hartford, CT - Airport: HFD, Hartford-Brainard ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20161011020029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161011020029A), Oct 11, 2016: Piper PA-34-200, East Hartford, CT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Accident aircraft was cleared for final approach to land on runway 20 at Brainard Airport (hfd), Hartford, CT. Student pilot was receiving instruction from CFI… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 23, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=94182. 52 KB in all. - Statement of Jurisdiction (item 1, .PDF, 52 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40446743&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Statement%20of%20Jurisdiction-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.