- Date
- March 1, 1977
- Place
- Plainville, CT · PLAINVILLE, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1458TPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770301002759A
- Case key
- 157834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2123 77/3/1 PLAINVILLE,CT PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1057 TIME - 1900 N1458T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 373 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBERTSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORWOOD,MA PLAINVILLE,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER REMARKS- NO RWY LIGHTS LIT ON RT SIDE OF RWY. ACFT LNDG LIGHT INOPERATIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1458T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Robertson
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.