ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136891
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| Date: | Saturday 25 June 2011 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Three Wing Flying Services |
| Registration: | N600DK |
| MSN: | 32-7340167 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4297 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sikorsky Memorial Airport - KBDR, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bridgeport, CT (KBDR) |
| Bridgeport, CT (KBDR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The purpose of the flight was for the pilot to regain night currency, which had lapsed two weeks prior. The pilot stated that he intended to fly three landing pattern approaches and perform three full stop landings. According to the pilot, the take off, and initial climbout to a left downwind were normal. The pilot reported that there was a slight haze in the vicinity of the airport. While turning to the base leg of the approach, the pilot trimmed the airplane for 90 mph and lowered the flaps to the "first notch." The pilot reported the he saw "two white lights" on the vertical approach slope indicator, which indicated that he was above the glideslope, so he adjusted the trim to maintain 80 mph and lowered the flaps to the "third notch." The airplane's left wing impacted a 12-foot-tall blast fence, which was located 20 feet from the end of the runway, resulting in the separation of the left wing from the fuselage. After the accident, the pilot stated that the blast fence was indistinguishable from the runway threshold markings. The blast fence was properly marked with red and white checker markings on the interior side and was not required to be lit by Federal Aviation Administration facility requirements. The pilot was familiar with the airport.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a blast fence on final approach to land.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2011 00:15 | RobertMB | Added |
| 26-Jun-2011 00:18 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:56 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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