Cessna 340 crash, Nov 20, 1988, Oxford-Waterbury
Cessna 340 accident on November 20, 1988 near Oxford-Waterbury, Connecticut, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot descended below the...
- Date: November 20, 1988
- Aircraft: Cessna 340
- Location: Oxford-Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot descended below the minimum altitude during the ILS approach, and the aircraft collided with trees and terrain.
Cessna 340 N468CM of Buck Hilkert Inc was on a Part 91 personal flight from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Oxford, Connecticut, on the evening of 20 November 1988. On the ILS approach to runway 36 in rain and shifting wind, it struck trees about two miles short of the runway. The aircraft was destroyed and two occupants were seriously injured and three had minor injuries.