Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28-180 N55408

10 April 1985 · East Haddam, Connecticut, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 10 April 1985 at about 19:28 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N55408, operated by Paul Terowsky, was involved in an accident near East Haddam, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:28
Classification
Accident
Location
East Haddam, Connecticut, United States
Nearest airport
Goodspeed (42B)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-180
Registration
N55408
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Paul Terowsky
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Ronkonkoma → East Haddam
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC85FA104

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 1 1 0 0

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

DURING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14 PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT ABOUT 90 DEGREES AND COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN .2 NM EAST OF THE RUNWAY. THE RISING TERRAIN PARALLELS RUNWAY 14.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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