Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 accident near Greenwich, CT
On December 12, 2024, a Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Greenwich, CT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 12, 2024
- Place
- Greenwich, CT
- Aircraft
- Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 41.089°N, 73.718°W
- NTSB ID
- 20241213199423
NTSB summary
On December 12, 2024, about 1846 eastern standard time, a Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam P2008, N298PM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Greenwich, Connecticut. The commercial pilot was fatally injured, and the private pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight. According to preliminary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control audio and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data, after takeoff about 1809 from runway 27 at Linden Airport (LDJ), Linden, New Jersey, the flight turned left and proceeded north over the Hudson River. About 1820, one of the pilots contacted the Bravo position of the LaGuardia air traffic control tower (ATCT) and advised the controller that the flight would proceed northbound over the Hudson River and then subsequently informed the controller that the flight was en route to Albany, New York. At 1826:42, the controller directed the pilots to contact New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (New York TRACON), and the flight was subsequently cleared to climb to 3,500 ft msl into Class B airspace. At 1839:16, one of the pilots advised the controller that they wanted to divert to Westchester County Airport (HPN), White Plains, New York because they were, “…losing our engine” (At this time, the airplane was about 10 nautical miles nothwest of the approach end of runway 16 at HPN). The controller informed the flightcrew they could make a right turn then proceed direct HPN, then subsequently informed them that they could p
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
