# Accident 19860901043189A: Piper PA28161, Hampton, NH, September 1, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1986, 11:12 local time
- Place: Hampton, NH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9419° N, 70.8259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hampton, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9419&lon=-70.8259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8285C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 70 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL86FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860901043189A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HT POWERLINES WHILE FLYING AT A LOW LEVEL. THE PILOT WAS INTOXICATED. EVIDENCE NON USE OF SEATBELTS.

## 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 ATL86FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA240), Sep 1, 1986: Piper PA-28-161 (N8285C), Hampton, NH, destroyed, 2 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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