Undetermined · NTSB ERA17FA011
PIPER PA 34-200 — East Hartford, CT
| Date | October 11, 2016 |
| Location | East Hartford, CT |
| Aircraft | PIPER PA 34-200 |
| Purpose of flight | Instructional |
| Conditions | Day · Visual Meteorological Cond |
| Phase / occurrence | Other Security/criminal event |
| Pilot age | Unknown |
| Pilot total time | Unknown |
| Time in type | Unknown |
| Fatalities | 1, 1 serious |
Probable cause
NTSB findings
- Not determined-Not determined-(general)-(general)-Other authority investigated - C
- Personnel issues-Miscellaneous-Intentional act-Suicide-Pilot - C
What happened
On October 11, 2016, about 1530 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-34-200 twin-engine airplane, N15294, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD), Hartford, Connecticut. The flight instructor was seriously injured, and the private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to International Aviation, LLC, and operated by American Flight Academy as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the airport at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight that departed HFD about an hour earlier.
The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The NTSB provided requested technical assistance to the FBI, and any material generated by the NTSB is under the control of the FBI. The NTSB does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket.