- Date
- December 26, 1977
- Place
- Brooklyn, CT · BROOKLYN, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N713FLPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771226041469A
- Case key
- 144074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4162 77/12/26 BROOKLYN,CT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 83 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N713FL PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANIELSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANI)LSON,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT NEAR MAX GROSS WT AT TAKE-OFF. PAX HAD ACUTE CORONARY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N713FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Danielson
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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.