# Accident 19960820023379A: Piper PA24, Whitefield, NH, August 20, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1996
- Place: Whitefield, NH
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 44.3802° N, 71.4877° 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=44.3802&lon=-71.4877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7635P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7635P-1997-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96FA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960820023379A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS REPORTED AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AIRPORT, ENGINE QUIT ONE MILE SHORT OF AIRPORT.

## 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 IAD96FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96FA138), Aug 20, 1996: Piper PA-24-180 (N7635P), Whitefield, NH, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to adequately preflight the aircraft which led to the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and the pilot's attempt to return to the airport by executing a steep left turn…

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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