Piper PA-32 N4196R
13 August 1972 · Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 13 August 1972 at about 20:42 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N4196R, operated by Nantucket Air, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:42
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
- Nearest airport
- Nantucket
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32
- Registration
- N4196R
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Nantucket Air
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Farmingdale, Ny → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0827
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
HIT TREES APRX 5000FT SHORT OF RWY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
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