- Date
- April 10, 1985, 14:28 local (19:28 UTC)
- Place
- East Haddam, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N55408Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850410011849A
- Case key
- 35807
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Aircraft handling - misjudgedCause
Analysis
During approach to runway 14 pilot decided to go around. Aircraft turned left about 90 degrees and collided with rising terrain .2 NM east of the runway. The rising terrain parallels runway 14.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55408
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7305378
- Airframe hours
- 3,367
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Terowsky
- Registered owner
- Sperry Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1984 · 128 hours before
- Departed
- ISP · Ronkonkoma, NY
- Destination
- 42B · East Haddam, CT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 42B · Goodspeed, runway 14, 2,100 × 50 ft, asphalt
N55408Registration cancelled Oct 29, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 329 total · 300 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.