- Date
- October 31, 1982, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Durham, CT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3983AFairchild M-62A-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821031055969A
- Case key
- 70529
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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
During a climb to a higher altitude the engine failed. The plt attempted a 180 deg turn to land at an arpt but was unable to make it to the arpt. The acft touched down approximately 15 ft before impacting a barn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3983A
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62A-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- FT-670
- Airframe hours
- 1,028
- Engine
- Ranger 6-440-C2, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lufberry Flying Club Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lufberry Flying Club Inc.
- Departed
- MMK · Meriden, CT
- Destination
- MMK · Meriden, CT
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,195 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,059 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 145 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HFD, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.