# Accident 19950820025489A: Piper PA60601P, Rock Hill, SC, August 20, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1995, 00:28 local time
- Place: Rock Hill, SC
- Airport: Rock Hill Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9249° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Hill, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9249&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41GA-1997-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 638 total, 458 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950820025489A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL CIRCLING AIRPORT AREA AT NIGHT. VERTICAL IMPACT. HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE. RECENT MYCARDIAL INFARCTION

## 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 MIA95FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FA208), Aug 20, 1995: Piper 601P (N41GA), Rock Hill, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL, DUE TO INCAPACITATION BY A HEART ATTACK.

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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