- Date
- August 28, 1964
- Place
- Madison, CT · MADISON, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5391WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181952
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2659 64/8/28 MADISON CONN PIPER PA28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 500 TIME - 1600 N5391W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRISWOLD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5391W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Griswold
N5391WRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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