- Date
- August 2, 1968
- Place
- Ellington, CT · ELLINGTON, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5608FAlon A-2
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108966
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2915 68/8/2 ELLINGTON,CONN ALON A-2 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 25 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N5608F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLINGTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED REMARKS- PLT BECAME CONFUSED ON SOLO X-C,RET TO HOME FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5608F
- Reported as
- Alon A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ellington
N5608FRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Alon A2Airframe modelAlon A2Engine modelContinental C90 series
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.