- Date
- November 28, 1968
- Place
- Chester, CT · CHESTER, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8891WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191811
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4413 68/11/28 CHESTER,CONN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 1000 TIME - 1145 N8891W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 606 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8891W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chester
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