# Accident 19960128045129A: Piper PA32R300, Hilton Head Is, SC, January 28, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1996, 15:20 local time
- Place: Hilton Head Is, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2245° N, 80.6974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILTON HEAD (HXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2245&lon=-80.6974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38188, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38188-1997-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 175 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960128045129A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES POWER LOSS IN PATTERN. STRUCK TREES AND POWER LINE. FIRE FROM ARCING. TOO LOW AVOID TREES. WATER IN FUEL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N38188 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19950713018269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950713018269A), Jul 13, 1995: Piper PA32R300 (N38188), Hilton Head Is, SC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Low on final at destination. Banked away hit trees powerline and pole. Burned on impact. Found water in fuel.

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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