- Date
- December 21, 1985, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bristol, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61260Piper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851221063299A
- Case key
- 30278
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was on a return flight back to teterboro when an eng failure occurred for unknown reasons. The plt requested vectors to the nearest arpt which was robertson but he was not able to reach it. A forced landing resulted in an open fld during which the acft was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61260
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7837255
- Airframe hours
- 2,262
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- General Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 14, 1985 · 571 hours before
- Departed
- Bradley, CT
- Destination
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,300 total · 250 in this make and model · 4,800 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.