- Date
- April 6, 1977
- Place
- Bridgeport, CT · BRIDGEPORT, CT
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N234BCMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770406007109A
- Case key
- 157985
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0975 77/4/6 BRIDGEPORT,CT MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1713 N234BC PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 33, 2679 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2428 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIKORSKY MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YORK,PA BRIDGEPORT,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 29 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PCT CONCERNED WITH FUEL SCHEDULE ON L ENG.WIND GUSTING 39K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234BC
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sikorsky Memorial
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.