- Date
- September 2, 1978
- Place
- N.Stonington, CT · N.STONINGTON, CT
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5791HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780902028199A
- Case key
- 139861
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2951 78/9/2 N.STONINGTON,CT PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 809 TIME - 1730 N5791H PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWNS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTFORD,CT N.STONINGTON,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES 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 REMARKS- BALOONED DRG LVL OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5791H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Browns
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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.