NYC66F0092

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA23 · New Haven, CT · June 29, 1965

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
June 29, 1965
Place
New Haven, CT · NEW HAVEN, CT
Injuries
2 serious
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N5253YPiper PA23
Status
Completed · report September 16, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
177198

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0480  65/6/29    NEW HAVEN CONN      PIPER PA23          CR-  0  2  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1046                    N5253Y              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      26, 2866 TOTAL HOURS, 645
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TWEED-NEW HAVEN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: GO-AROUND
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        REMARKS- RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER IN GO AROUND-AIRCRAFT TURNED HIT HOUSE-GEAR DOWN RIGHT PROP NOT FEATHERED

Aircraft

Registration
N5253Y
Reported as
Piper PA23
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Tweed-New Haven

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.