- Date
- October 16, 1974
- Place
- New Haven, CT · NEW HAVEN, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N85ATCessna 500
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741016034559A
- Case key
- 141119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2984 74/10/16 NEW HAVEN,CONN CESSNA 500 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3659 TIME - 0658 N85AT PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 869 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWEED-NEW HAVEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW HAVEN,CONN PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: BIRD INGESTION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- DRG TKOF L ENG ENG INGESTED UNDTMND NR OF SEA GULLS.UN STOP ON RMNG RWY,ACFT STRUCK DRAINAGE DITCH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85AT
- Reported as
- Cessna 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tweed-New Haven
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.