- Date
- November 3, 1982, 00:15 local (04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Willimatic, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7423RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821103060449A
- Case key
- 73059
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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
On the second approach to the airport, after executing a go-around on the first, the pilot encountered ground fog. In zero visibility, at 3-5 feet above the ground, the pilot elected to execute a "controlled crash" rather than attempt a transition to instruments.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7423R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21950
- Airframe hours
- 2,290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlos G. Benavides
- Registered owner
- Carlos G. Benavides
- Departed
- C · Lebanon, NH
- Destination
- C · Willimantic, CT
- Airport
- 5BO · Windham, runway 27, 4,360 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 293 total · 293 in this make and model · 197 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 76 statute miles
- Temperature
- 133 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.