# Accident 19931204045949A: Piper PA28R200, New Haven, CT, December 4, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1993, 18:57 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Airport: Tweed-New Haven
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1919° N, 72.8994° 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=41.1919&lon=-72.8994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1488X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1488X-1994-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO320C1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 228 total, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931204045949A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL CIRCLING OVER WATER AFTER ILS. TURBULENCE NIGHT TIME RAIN AND FOG. DESCENDED INTO WATER OFF SHORE.

## 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 NYC94FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA033), Dec 4, 1993: Piper PA-28R-200 (N1488X), New Haven, CT, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING A NIGHT APPROACH IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DARK NIGHT. IN…

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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