- Date
- April 17, 1966
- Place
- Shelton, CT · SHELTON, CT
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172036
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0853 66/4/17 SHELTON CONN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 49, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLAND AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SIMULATED FORCED LANDING, POWER RESUMED AS AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES, SUCCESSFUL LANDING MADE.
Aircraft
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine