# Accident 19980523010579A: Piper PA28RT201, Bedford, MA, May 23, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1998, 15:38 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4421° N, 71.2782° 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=42.4421&lon=-71.2782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82824, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82824-2000-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 6 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980523010579A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS ON APPROACH WHEN IT MADE A RIGHT TURN AND DESCENDED BEHIND THE TREELINE OF A HILL, ACFT CRASHED. (.4) THE AIRPLANE CRASHED WHILE TURNING DOWNWIND, IN DAY VFR CONDITIONS, AFTER A 4 1/2 HOUR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  THE PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE TOWER, BUT NO DISTRESS CALLS WERE RECORDED.  WRECKAGE EXAMINATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MACHANICAL MALFUNCTION.  THE PILOT HAD 76 TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS, AND 5 HOURS IN MODEL PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT.                                                                (-23) THE AIRCRAFT CALLED TOWER NINE MILES SW OF AIRPORT.  HE WAS ADVISED TO REPORT LEFT DOWN WIND FOR RUNWAY-. THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED.  WHEN ONE MILE OUT, HE WAS LINED UP WITH RUNWAY 5. TWR ADVISED OF HIS POSITION AND GIVEN WINDS 36/18 AND GIVEN 5 IF HE WANTED IT.  PILOT OPTED FOR LEFT DOWN WIND FOR 29.  AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 400'AGL.  PILOT STARTED A RT TURN WHICH INCREASED STEADILY.  AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND STRUCK GROUND ENGINE RUNNING.

## 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 NYC98FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98FA111), May 23, 1998: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N82824), Lincoln, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed.

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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