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| Date: | Sunday 2 May 2021 |
| Time: | 13:38 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22 GTS G5 platinum |
| Owner/operator: | MD Air LLC |
| Registration: | N78EM |
| MSN: | 4105 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1636 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD/KHFD), Hartford, CT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hartford-Brainard Airport, CT (HFD/KHFD) |
| Hartford-Brainard Airport, CT (HFD/KHFD) | |
| Investigating agency: | FAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The airplane experienced a runway excursion off the side of runway 20, upon landing.
SPECI KHFD 021740Z 28009G14KT 10SM CLR 26/04 A2963 [3 minutes after the incident]
Sources:
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/brainard-airport-closes-after-incident-involving-private-plane/2479124/
https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/plane-goes-off-runway-at-hartford-brainard-airport/520-dfaad425-a11b-4b21-9150-d068692f16b5
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N78EM
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N78EM
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/81e8069d985bdc599d6954bb802be92c8a89bf6b (photo)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2021 23:53 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 03-May-2021 02:00 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 03-May-2021 02:51 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2021 14:12 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Nature, Narrative, ] |
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