- Date
- March 11, 1982, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomfield, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7721XCessna T337C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69980
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At 0630 & 0800 the plt received wx briefing for an IFR flt to bridgeport, CT & was advised of flt precautions for icing, low ceilings & visibilities. The flt departed at 0907. At 1118 the plt diverted to windsor locks for landing at bradley intl arpt because of reported weather below landing minimums at his destination & alternate, white plains, NY. The flt was vectored for an ILS rwy 06 approach. After passing the outer marker inbound, bradley tower received a low altitude alert at an altitude of 1900 ft for the acft. The controller advised the plt of the alert & received an unintelligible reply, followed by "I'm fighting." The controller observed the acft turn slightly to the left & then makea circle to the right. Ground witnesses observed the acft maneuvering at tree-top level. The acft came to rest oriented on a 355 deg magnetic heading & located on the extended approximate centerline of 3.5 mi southwest from the approach end of rwy 06.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7721X
- Reported as
- Cessna T337C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0959
- Airframe hours
- 2,203
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Grenville Holden
- Registered owner
- Grenville Holden
- Departed
- BHB · Bar Harbor, ME
- Destination
- BDL · Bridgeport, CT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BDL · Bradley Int'L Airport, runway 6, 9,502 × 220 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 72
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,924 total · 1,635 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 2 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 100 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BDL, 3 nm away
Other investigations on N7721X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.