# Accident 19871128068749A: Piper PA28180, Harwich, MA, November 28, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1987, 12:45 local time
- Place: Harwich, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6862° N, 70.0759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harwich, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6862&lon=-70.0759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9714J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9714J-1988-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 355 total, 237 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871128068749A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT ON LEAVING THE AIRPORT. CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC88LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA047), Nov 28, 1987: Piper PA-28-180 (N9714J), E.Harwich Port, MA, destroyed

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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