# Accident 19940327006789A: Piper PA32300, Hopedale, MA, March 27, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1994, 10:35 local time
- Place: Hopedale, MA
- Airport: Hopedale Industrial Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1065° N, 71.5101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOPEDALE INDUSTRIAL PARK (1B6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1065&lon=-71.5101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2598Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940327006789A

## Narrative

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

SIMULATED ENGINE OUT ON FINAL. TOO HIGH SLIPPED. TOO LOW BEGAN GO AROUND. STRUCK 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 NYC94LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA061), Mar 27, 1994: Piper PA-32-300 (N2598Q), Hopedale, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the certified flight instructor's delay in taking remedial action by not initiating the go-around, resulting in the in-flight collision with the tree.

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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