- Date
- November 10, 1980
- Place
- Bridgeport, CT · BRIDGEPORT, CT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62987Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3279 80/11/10 NR.BRIDGEPORT,CT PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 6500 TIME - 2222 N62987 PX- 3 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WORCESTER,MA BRIDGEPORT,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT REPORTED LOW ON FUEL AT 2219.ONE PAX RCVRD.OTHER INJURIES,ACFT DMG PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62987
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Igor Sikorsky
N62987Registration cancelled Oct 4, 2012 · Piper PA-31-325Airframe modelPiper PA-31-325Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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