- Date
- March 14, 1984, 03:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Groton, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5022SPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840314005579A
- Case key
- 35323
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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
The plt received 2 wx briefings prior to departing & both called for low ceilings. During arrival at the destination, the plt requested & was cleared for an ILS apch to rwy 5. While on the apch, the acft collided with a small tree & crashed. The wreckage came to rest at about 690 ft south of the threshold of rwy 5 (right of the extended rwy center- line). An exam of the wreckage revealed no preimpact part failure or malfunction. The 0145 EST wx was: sky partially obscured, 900 ft overcast, visibility 1-1/4 mi with rain & fog, wind 160 deg at 25 gusting 40 KTS. According to the police, the wx remained windy & rainy until 0315 EST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5022S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R 35757
- Airframe hours
- 3,864
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph S. Woollett
- Registered owner
- Titusville Aero Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1983
- Departed
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GON · Croton New London, runway 5, 5,000 × 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GON
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.