# Incident 19960714023769I: Piper PA28140, Fall River, MA, July 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1996, 18:25 local time
- Place: Fall River, MA
- Airport: Fall River Municipal
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7555° N, 71.1091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fall River Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7555&lon=-71.1091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55302, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960714023769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED PVC IN VMC AT APPROXIMATELY 17:10 EDT, DESTINATION GON. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN A WX BRIEFING FROM BDR FSS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE BUT OBTAINED AN AIRBORNE BRIEFING FROM BOSTON FLIGHT WATCH ON 122.0. FLIGHT FOLLOWING WAS PROVIDED BY CAPE APPROACH WITH A HANDOFF TO PVD APPROACH. THE WX DETERIORATED TO MVFR NEAR OTIS ANGB. PVD APPROACH VECTORED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD PVD. THE PILOT WAS FLYING INTO IMC AND SPOTTED THE CLOSED FALL RIVER AIRPORT FROM 1500 FEET. RATHER THAN CONTINUING ON INTO WORSENING CONDITIONS, HE ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N55302 (1)

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

- [Incident 20180627013679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180627013679I), Jun 27, 2018: Piper PA-28-140 (N55302), New Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Pilot was approaching the downwind leg, at which point ATC advised that the current wind was 215 at approximately 15 knots with possible higher gusts from this…

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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