# Accident 19840128003459A: Piper PA28R200, Templeton, MA, January 28, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1984, 19:10 local time
- Place: Templeton, MA
- Airport: Gardner
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5354° N, 72.0164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5354&lon=-72.0164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55495 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 6 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840128003459A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHILE CIRCLING AIRPORT IN APPARENT PREPERATION TO LAND.

## 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 NYC84FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA085), Jan 29, 1984: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55495), Templeton, MA, destroyed, 4 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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