# NTSB NYC82FA050: Cessna T337C, N7721X, Bloomfield, CT, March 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 11, 1982, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Bloomfield, CT
- Location: 41.8265° N, 72.7301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomfield, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8265&lon=-72.7301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69980
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82FA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69980/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA050

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - decision height - below, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7721X-1982-05-28), registration cancelled 1982-05-28, S/N 337-0959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337C
- Registry model: [Cessna T337C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337c) (registry code 2075714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 337-0959
- Airframe hours: 2203
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; 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)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC71DFM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC71DFM23), Nov 18, 1970: Cessna T337C (N7721X), Bridgeport, CT, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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