- Date
- July 31, 1979
- Place
- Groton, CT · GROTON, CT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8602YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790731027549A
- Case key
- 134713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2153 79/7/31 GROTON,CT PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 483 TIME - 1017 N8602Y PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GROTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERIDEN,CT GROTON,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8602Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Groton
N8602YRegistration cancelled Sep 15, 2009 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8602Y · 1
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