Piper PA-28-236 N82631

Summary

On 1 July 1985 at about 23:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-236 registered N82631, operated by Taylor MacHine Co., was involved in an accident near New Milford, Connecticut, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 July 1985 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

New Milford, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Candlelight (11N)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-236

Registration

N82631

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Taylor MacHine Co.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Danbury

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC85LA168

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE PREFLT AND RUNUP CHECKS WERE NORMAL. THE PLT THEN APPLIED FULL PWR FOR TAKEOFF AND ROTATION WAS INITIATED AT 60 KTS. AFTER LIFTOFF, THE ACFT APPEARED TO LOOSE PWR AND BEGAN TO YAW TO THE LEFT. THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED AND THE PLT LOWERED THE PITCH ATTITUDE. THE STALL WARNING SOUNDED AGAIN AND THE PLT FELT A PWR SURGE JUST PRIOR TO THE ACFT CONTACTING THE RWY. THE ACFT SLID LEFT, AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. THE RIGHT STABILIZER CONTACTED A TREE AND THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP. THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEARS WERE SHEARED OFF DURING THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.