- Date
- October 30, 1976
- Place
- Windsor Locks, CT · WINDSOR LOCKS, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5670YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0019 76/10/30 WINDSOR LOCKS,CT PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1137 N5670Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE UNK/NR, 900 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADLEY INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARWINTON,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- IP DEMO AUTO-PLT DID NOT KNOW HOW TO TURN OFF. PILOT-LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH ACFT AUTO-PILOT SYS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5670Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Bradley Intl
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