Piper PA-24-180 N6599P

Summary

On 31 March 1986 at about 01:30 local time, a Piper PA-24-180 registered N6599P was involved in an accident near Somers, Connecticut, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 March 1986 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Somers, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Ellington (7B9)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-180

Registration

N6599P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hartford → Ellington

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

NYC86FA096

5 people died.

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

THE ACFT, ON A NIGHT FLT, WAS SEEN FLYING ABOUT 1 MI WEST OF ELLINGTON ARPT. A WITNESS SAW THE ACFT FLYING NORTH AND JUST ABOVE THE 800 FT HIGH TERRAIN. THE ACFT WAS IN A GRADUAL DESCENT AND IT APPEARED THAT IT WOULD NOT CLEAR TERRAIN AHEAD. AFTERWARDS THE WITNESS SAW A GLOW EMITTING AND SMOKE RISING FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE ACFT CAME TO REST AT AN ELEVATION OF 800 FT AND 2.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ARPT. THE WRECKAGE WAS SCATTERED A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 300 FT ANDORIENTED ON A 335 DEGS MAG HDG. THE ARPT ELEV IS 235 FT MSL AND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IS 1250 FT MSL. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PILOT INCAPACITATION OR IMPAIRMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.