- Date
- September 20, 1978
- Place
- Windsor Locks, CT · WINDSOR LOCKS, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20285Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780920043629A
- Case key
- 139476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4276 78/9/20 WINDSOR LOCKS,CT CESSNA 172M CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2015 N20285 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 57, 1150 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADLEY INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP E.HARTFORD,CT RETURN WINDSOR LOCKS,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LNDG GR BRUSHED TREES BTWN OUTER & MIDDLE MARKER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20285
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bradley Intl
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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.