Meriden-Markham Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Meriden, Connecticut 06450
Sunday, August 26, 1984 11:20 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

A CESSNA N45288 WAS ABOVE AND SLIGHTLY TO THE REAR OF CESSNA N4669V WHEN THEY COLLIDED ON FINAL APPROACH OVER THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD TO RUNWAY 36 AT MMK. BOTH AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/26/1984
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1120
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City MERIDEN
Event State CONNECTICUT
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 06450
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator Yes
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MERIDEN-MARKHAM MUNICIPAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID MMK
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 102
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1145 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 205
Weather Observation Facility ID HVN
Elevation of weather observation facility 13
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 15
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 190
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 4
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 3055
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 26 1984 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 28950
Date of most recent change to record Sep 25 2006 3:58PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\ZUZL
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N45288 N4669V
NTSB Number NYC84FA293A NYC84FA293B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None None
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Minor Substantial
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA CESSNA
Aircraft Model 150M 172RG
Aircraft Series Identifier 150M 172RG
Aircraft Serial Number 15076825 172RG0359
Certified Max Gross Weight 1600 2650
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No No
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2 4
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Apr 20 1984 12:00AM May 25 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 25 97
Airframe Hours 1343 1103
ELT Installed Yes Yes
ELT Activated No No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No No
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name VICENT CORSINI CARL S. HOFFMAN
Aircraft Owner Street Address 19 BLUEBERRY LANE 390 CRESTWOOD
Aircraft Owner City BURLINGTON CHESHIRE
Aircraft Owner State CT CT
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 06013 06410
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name MERIDEN AIRWAYS
Operator Same as Owner? Yes No
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes No
Operator Street Address MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
Operator City MERIDEN
Operator State CT
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 06450
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown Unknown
Operator Certificate Number -- --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not -- --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight -- --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail -- --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No No
Departure Point Same as Event No Yes
Departure Airport Code 4B8
Departure City PLAINVILLE MERIDEN
Departure State CT CT
Departure Country
Departure Time 1100 0
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Approach Approach
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM Aug 22 2001 3:51PM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 36 36
Runway Length 3100 3100
Runway Width 75 75
Sight Seeing flight No Yes
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --