- Date
- May 3, 1972
- Place
- Groton, CT · GROTON, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N793QBeech 95-E55
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165785
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0697 72/5/3 GROTON,CONN BEECH 95-E55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 1430 TIME - 1235 N793Q PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 325 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUMBULL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ WESTERLY,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- MISSED APCH AT NEARBY ABPT.ATTEMPTED VOR APCH IN KNOWN BLO MINIMUM COND.DESCENDED BLO MDA.LOST CTL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N793Q
- Reported as
- Beech 95-E55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Trumbull
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