- Date
- January 29, 1978
- Place
- Stratford, CT · STRATFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7906WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780129000939A
- Case key
- 143501
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0029 78/1/29 STRATFORD,CT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 368 TIME - 1335 N7906W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIKORSKY MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTFIELD,MA STRATFORD,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DURING LNDG ROLL PIC FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTION CONTROL. WINDS GUSTING TO 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7906W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sikorsky Memorial
N7906WRegistration cancelled Jul 1, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7906W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA10FA020Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportOliver Springs, TNThe pilot's loss of directional control while landing on a wet turf runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a tree.NTSB DFW07CA213Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportTunica, MSThe pilot's failure to compensate for the existing wind conditions during a crosswind landing. A factor was the crosswind.NTSB UNK65X0887Accident · No injuriesClosedWaterbury, CT