- Date
- August 28, 1983, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N158JBBeech 58PA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830828044299A
- Case key
- 35075
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Inbound to Danbury the plt was advised that the arpt was closed, & was given the last wx which was an hour old. The acft was observed to pass over the arpt 300-400 ft AGL & circle to land rwy 8. The acft turned base & final in a tight turn with the gear down. It dropped quickly & hit the threshold left wing first, then pancaked & skidded onto the grass. One witness estimated the wx as 300 ft solid & 1/2 mi with solid sheets of rain. The mda is 1960 ft (1500 ft AGL) when the tower is closed. The acft was about 118 lbs over max gross weight at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N158JB
- Reported as
- Beech 58PA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T J32
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-L, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael W. Hennessy
- Registered owner
- Esbe Air Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 1, 1982
- Departed
- ACK · Nantucket, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DXR · Danbury, runway 8, 4,419 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,366 total · 556 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DXR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.