- Date
- December 24, 1988, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N262CBeech A36
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881224056329A
- Case key
- 36263
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Twice prior to being established on final the pilot was asked if he was getting proper indications for the approach to land. Contact was subsequently lost while the pilot was attempting to make an ILS approach to runway 06 at Bridgeport. The aircraft was found in the water January 3, 1989. The pilot was removed from the wreckage by divers, but the aircraft was not recovered. The wreckage was 1 1/2 miles off the rwy's end, 1500-2000 ft rt of centerline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N262C
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1650
- Engine
- Continental I0-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flying Construction, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BVT · Burlington, VT
- Destination
- Laconia, NH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BDR · Sikorsky Mem., runway 6, 4,677 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,550 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BVT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.