# Accident 19960217001939A: Piper PA60601P, Savannah, GA, February 17, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1996, 21:30 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N956AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N956AF-1996-06-07) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,850 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960217001939A

## Narrative

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

BECAME MISSING ON OVERWATER FLIGHT. REPORTED HEADACHE PRIOR FLIGHT. REPORTED DIZZY BLIND TO ATC. PRIOR SEIZURES.

## 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 MIA96LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA175), Feb 17, 1996: Piper PA-60-601P (N956AF), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: pilot incapacitation.

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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