Piper PA-23-250 N5651Y

Summary

On 22 April 2007 at about 19:43 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N5651Y was involved in an accident near Windham, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 April 2007 at 19:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Windham, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Windham Airport (KIJD)

Coordinates

41.7419, -72.1761

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N5651Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Shirley → Windham

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC07FA100

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot/owner and his pilot-rated passenger were on final approach to runway 27 when the wind increased and became gusty. Witnesses observed the airplane abort its landing approach, and enter a go-around attitude. The airplane climbed at an "unusually steep angle," and then turned to the left in a 50-degree bank. The airplane "stalled," rolled, and pitched nose-down until it reached a near vertical attitude, before impacting the ground. The witnesses reported that the airplane's engines were "revving" during the entire sequence, and examination of pictures taken by one of the witnesses revealed the flaps and landing gear were fully extended for the entire sequence. Examination of the airplane and engines revealed no preimpact mechanical anomalies. The pilot had accumulated 3,848 hours of total flight experience. The multiengine-rated passenger reported 1,141 hours of total flight experience. The winds reported at the airport, 8 minutes after the accident, were from 190 degrees at 10 knots, gusting to 17 knots. The winds were calm, or light and variable, all day, prior to the weather report issued at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.