- Date
- March 31, 1978
- Place
- Oxford, CT · OXFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47568Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780331006939A
- Case key
- 142712
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0628 78/3/31 OXFORD,CT PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 114 TIME - 1740 N47568 PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERBURY-OXFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXFORD,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47568
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waterbury-Oxford
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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.