- Date
- February 23, 1968
- Place
- Stratford, CT · STRATFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N870WPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111943
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0428 68/2/23 STRATFORD,CONN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1513 N870W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45, 14000 TOTAL HOURS, 48 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRIDGEPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- STRUCK BUS,KNOCKED LT GR OFF,ABORTED LDG.FURTHER DAMAGE ON SUBSEQUENT PRECAUTIONARY LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N870W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bridgeport
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