- Date
- April 13, 1977
- Place
- Weathersfield, CT · WEATHERSFIELD, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4483PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0407 77/4/13 WEATHERSFIELD,CT PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 369 TIME - 2135 N4483P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRAINARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTFORD,CT CULPEPPER,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- CRASHED IN RIVER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF,BROKE UP ON IMPACT,WRECKAGE NOT FULLY RECOVERED,
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4483P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brainard
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