- Date
- November 7, 1979
- Place
- Stamford, CT · STAMFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3621 79/11/7 NR.STAMFORD,CT PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2245 N54857 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 28, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 250 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTFORD,CT QUEENS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- PLT WAS UNAWARE THAT PLT OF OTHER ACFT,PA-31,WAS CLOSING IN FORMATION FM REAR.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3621 79/11/7 NR.STAMFORD,CT PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2606 TIME - 2245 N405CA PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 923 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTFORD,CT NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- PLT BLINDED BY STROBE LITE,DRG FORMATION CLOSURE W ANOTHER CO ACFT,PA-23,WO COM OR PRE-BRIEFING.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N405CA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N54857
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N54857Registered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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