# Accident 19861003047559A: Piper PA28140, Westfield, MA, October 3, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1986, 19:37 local time
- Place: Westfield, MA
- Airport: Barnes Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1649° N, 72.6780° 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=42.1649&lon=-72.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38688, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38688-1989-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 90 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861003047559A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HIT A RIDGE WHILE CIRCLING VFR TO LAND. ALTIMETER SETTING PUT AIRCRAFT 120 FEET LOWER THAN ACTUAL.

## 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 NYC87FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA006), Oct 3, 1986: Piper PA-28-140 (N38688), Holyoke, MA, 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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