Cessna 172N N5277E
5 March 1987 · Danbury, Connecticut, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 March 1987 at about 21:55 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N5277E, operated by Charles B.wolgast, was involved in an accident near Danbury, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 21:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Danbury, Connecticut, United States
- Nearest airport
- Danbury (DXR)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N
- Registration
- N5277E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Charles B.wolgast
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Danbury → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC87LA102
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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
STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTONAL CONTROL ON LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 1987 | Cessna 172 | Groton, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jul 1987 | Noble FALCON X-P | Wallingford, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 1987 | Beechcraft C24R | Danbury, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 1987 | Piper PA-28-180 | Groton, Connecticut, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Sep 1987 | Hall B-80M | Waterford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 1987 | Cessna 152 | Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |