# Accident 20030707032749A: Piper PA34200T, Montauk, NY, July 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2003, 02:30 local time
- Place: Montauk, NY
- Airport: Montauk Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0794° N, 71.9111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0794&lon=-71.9111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5636V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5636V-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030707032749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 7, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1045 LOCAL TIME THE FRG FSDO RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE EAST HAMPTON TOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING A REPORT OF AN AIRPLANE SUBMERGED IN THE BIG REED POND LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF THE MONTAUK AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THREE BODIES WERE RECOVERED BY THE EAST HAMPTON TOWN POLICE. NY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION REPORTED A WEATHER BRIEFING WAS RECEIVED BY THE PILOT ON JULY 6, 2003 AT 2045Z, 1645 LOCAL TIME. THE WEATHER WAS FORECASTED AS VFR UNTIL 0800Z, 0400 LOCAL, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR EITHER ROUTE OF FLIGHT. THE MONTAUK AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTED N5636V ARRIVED AT 1744 LOCAL ON JULY 6, 2003, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL AT THE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 LOCAL. THE MANAGER REPORTED THE WEATHER TO BE CLEAR AT THE TIME.

## 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 NYC03FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA153), Jul 7, 2003: Piper PA-34-200T (N5636V), Montauk, NY, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control during climb for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N5636V (1)

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

- [Incident 19940922036309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940922036309I), Sep 22, 1994: Piper PA34200T (N5636V), New Bedford, MA. 15 Miles north of New Bedford declared emergency due vacuum pump failure.

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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