SO.GLASTONBURY, CT, USA
N3349R
CESSNA 182L
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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