- Date
- February 10, 1978
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47574Piper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780210004139A
- Case key
- 158616
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0298 78/2/10 DANBURY,CT PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1740 N47574 PX- 1 2 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 29, 658 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANCHESTER,NH FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S) LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK HOUSE.LINEMEN OBSERVED DRAINING GALLONS OF FUEL FROM REFUELING TRUCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47574
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Danbury Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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