# Accident 19960724019729A: Piper PA28181, Sea Bright, NJ, July 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1996
- Place: Sea Bright, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 40.3519° N, 73.9808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sea Bright, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3519&lon=-73.9808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84280, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84280-1997-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960724019729A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO THE SEA.

## 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 NYC96FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA158), Jul 24, 1996: Piper PA-28-181 (N84280), Sea Bright, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain control of the airplane, due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in a collision…

## Other reports on N84280 (1)

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

- [Incident 19850106002439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850106002439I), Jan 6, 1985: Piper PA28181 (N84280), Rochester, NY. Engine ran rough from picking up ice. Returned to field. Carburetor heat not a help.

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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