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NYC82FA050 · Cessna T337C

11 Mar 1982 · Bloomfield, CT, United States

Cessna T337C · Accident: in flight collision with terrain/water on approach

From Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)

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Event

NTSB case
NYC82FA050
Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
Completed
API-reported fatalities
1 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
General aviation
WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
Instrument Meteorological Cond

Cessna T337C

Aircraft type
Cessna 337
Category
Airplane
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N7721X
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route Possible conflict
From Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB), Bar Harbor, METo Bradley International Airport (BDL), Bridgeport, CT
Aircraft age
Not recorded
Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
Part 91: General Aviation
Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
Approach · IFR final approach
First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
In flight collision with terrain/water
DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
Destroyed

Cause areas

  • Pilot in command › Decision height, below
  • Pilot in command › IFR procedure, improper

Approximate · Estimated position: the centre of Bloomfield, CT, the place the record names. Not the accident site.

NTSB narrative

AT 0630 & 0800 THE PLT RECEIVED WX BRIEFING FOR AN IFR FLT TO BRIDGEPORT, CT & WAS ADVISED OF FLT PRECAUTIONS FOR ICING, LOW CEILINGS & VISIBILITIES. THE FLT DEPARTED AT 0907. AT 1118 THE PLT DIVERTED TO WINDSOR LOCKS FOR LANDING AT BRADLEY INTL ARPT BECAUSE OF REPORTED WEATHER BELOW LANDING MINIMUMS AT HIS DESTINATION & ALTERNATE, WHITE PLAINS, NY. THE FLT WAS VECTORED FOR AN ILS RWY 06 APPROACH. AFTER PASSING THE OUTER MARKER INBOUND, BRADLEY TOWER RECEIVED A LOW ALTITUDE ALERT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1900 FT FOR THE ACFT. THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PLT OF THE ALERT & RECEIVED AN UNINTELLIGIBLE REPLY, FOLLOWED BY "I'M FIGHTING." THE CONTROLLER OBSERVED THE ACFT TURN SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT & THEN MAKEA CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT. GROUND WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT MANEUVERING AT TREE-TOP LEVEL. THE ACFT CAME TO REST ORIENTED ON A 355 DEG MAGNETIC HEADING & LOCATED ON THE EXTENDED APPROXIMATE CENTERLINE OF 3.5 MI SOUTHWEST FROM THE APPROACH END OF RWY 06.

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Sources

NTSB record NYC82FA050
Event ID
20020917X02541
Case number
NYC82FA050
Dataset
historical-pre2008
Source SHA-256
89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
  • Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
  • Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
  • The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
  • API snapshot SHA-256: 62dcbd89ad87e2e896741fb195723feaba0d477024db26cc3d710bbbf304c0cc; retrieved 2026-09-21T08:35:23.615Z.