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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA28R200 · Templeton, MA · January 28, 1984

Date: January 28, 1984 · 19:10 local
Place: Templeton, MA
Airport: Gardner
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N55495
NTSB investigation: NTSBNYC84FA085
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 3
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total6 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Aircraft crashed while circling airport in apparent preperation to land.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHILE CIRCLING AIRPORT IN APPARENT PREPERATION TO LAND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB NYC84FA085Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportTempleton, MAThe acft collided with trees on unlgtd terrain at ngt after making a low pass at aprx 60 ft AGL with the gear extended. Witnesses reported that the acft's clearance lights were not operating until the rwy lights were turned on, then they observed the acft's…Jan 29, 1984 · Destroyed