Cessna 182L N3349R

Summary

On 3 January 1986 at about 06:03 local time, a Cessna 182L registered N3349R was involved in an accident near So.glastonbury, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 January 1986 at 06:03

Classification

Accident

Location

So.glastonbury, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Hartford-Brainard (HFD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182L

Registration

N3349R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pawtcket → Hartford

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86FA057

2 people died.

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

THE ACFT WAS ON A VOR INSTRUMENT APCH WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH 250 FT HIGH TERRAIN APPROX 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE ARPT AND APPROX 2 MILES NORTH OF THE VOR/FAF. SHORTLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE WAS IN TURBULENCE; THEN REPORTED HE WAS CLEAR OF TURBULENCE. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE/ MALFUNCTION. PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS WERE NEGATIVE. FLIGHT TESTS REVEALED SATISFACTORY OPERATION OF NAVAIDS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.