# Accident 19761127042279A: Piper PA28181, Westhampton, NY, November 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1976
- Place: Westhampton, NY
- Airport: Suffolk Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.8469° N, 72.6598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westhampton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8469&lon=-72.6598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75233, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75233-1977-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761127042279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ATTEMPTED ILS APPROACH IN ZERO VISIBILITY,CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY,ALTERNATE AIRPORTS WERE VFR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC77FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA016), Nov 27, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N75233), Westhampton, NY, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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