ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71437
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 January 2010 |
| Time: | 16:56 |
| Type: |  Glasair III |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N540WF |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1H5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Christian Street, southwest of Waterbury-Oxford Airport, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gaithersburg, MD (GAI) |
| Oxford, CT (OXC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a visual approach, at dusk, to a runway with an operating precision approach path indicator (PAPI), the pilot flew well below the approach path and collided with power lines on the final approach leg of the traffic pattern. The pilot had accumulated a total of 7.2 hours of night flight experience and his most recent night flight was more than 4 years prior to the accident. The accident occurred 11 minutes after sunset and 20 minutes before the end of civil twilight. The darker lighting conditions would have required the pilot to rely more on approach aids such as the PAPI lights. Examination of the wreckage and data recovered from an engine instrument system did not reveal any preimpact mechanical malfunctions of the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper approach path during visual conditions at dusk, which resulted in an in-flight collision with power lines.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2010 18:29 | RobertMB | Added |
| 13-Jan-2010 23:24 | slowkid | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities] |
| 14-Jan-2010 05:04 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 15:19 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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