Piper PA-32-300 N8137D

Summary

On 16 February 1996 at about 17:00 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N8137D was involved in an accident near Stratford, Connecticut, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 February 1996 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Stratford, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Sikorsky Memorial (BDR)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N8137D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ronkonkoma → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC96LA064

Nobody was injured.

inadequate visual lookout by the pilot and the vehicle operator, resulting in their failure to see and avoid each other.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight had landed and was taxiing to the ramp, in an area that was not visible from the air traffic control tower, when the airplane and a snowplow truck collided. The pilot reported that he had looked to his left in the direction he was going to make a turn, and just as he looked to his right, he saw the truck backing up and then strike the right wing. The truck operator reported that he did not see the aircraft in his sideview mirror as he backed up. He stopped the truck and as he began to go forward, the airplane struck the truck. The collision resulted in the airplane being pushed sideways 6 inches and turned about 90 degrees to the right.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.