# Accident 19960118000699A: Piper PA28140, Harwich, MA, January 18, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1996
- Place: Harwich, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 41.6723° N, 70.0642° 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=41.6723&lon=-70.0642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5934U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5934U-1997-01-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960118000699A

## Narrative

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

NO NARRATIVE AVAILABLE

## 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 NYC96FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA052), Jan 18, 1996: Piper PA-28-140 (N5934U), Harwich, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue flight under visual flight rules, while flying into instrument meteorological conditions. Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain control…

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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