Piper PA-31 N405CA

Summary

On 7 November 1979 at about 22:45 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N405CA, operated by Corporate Air, was involved in an accident during in flight near Stamford, 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.

Date

7 November 1979 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-31

Registration

N405CA

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Corporate Air

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Cargo Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Hartford, Ct → Newark, Nj

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-3621

Nobody was injured.

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

PLT BLINDED BY STROBE LITE, DRG FORMATION CLOSUREW ANOTHER CO ACFT, PA-23, WO COM OR PRE-BRIEFING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.