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Event NYC85LA128

1985-05-18 ELLINGTON, Connecticut, United States Airport · 7B9 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N300UM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32-301

Year of manufacture

1982 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19820421

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A32120

Registrant of record

MURRAY AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT COLLDIED WITH A STUMP DURING A LANDING ATTEMPT AT ELLINGTON ARPT. THE ACFT HAD TOUCHED DWN ABOUT 25 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. THE LEFT AILERON WAS DAMAGED BUT THE ACFT MADE A GO-AROUND & RETURNED TO WESTOVER AIR BASE & LANDED. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, WINDSHEAR WAS ENCOUNTERED DURING THE APPROACH. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_NYC85LA128.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (go-around). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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