# Accident 19970117000529A: Piper PA28236, Alton, NH, January 17, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1997, 13:35 local time
- Place: Alton, NH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4564° N, 71.2223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alton, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4564&lon=-71.2223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8263Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8263Y-1999-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 686 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970117000529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT COLLAPSED. PRP RIGHT SEAT VECTORED COACHED TO LAND ALSO COLLAPSED. MUFFLER HAD LARGE HOL. CO2 MONOXIDE FACTOR

## 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 IAD97FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97FA043), Jan 17, 1997: Piper PA-28-236 (N8263Y), Alton, NH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: An exhaust gas leak, due to inadequate maintenance, which resulted in carbon monoxide poisoning, and incapacitation of the pilot.

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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