# Accident 20120115000329A: Piper PA-24-180, Brewster, MA, January 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2012, 10:06 local time
- Place: Brewster, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7767° N, 70.1164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7767&lon=-70.1164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7648P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7648P-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 676 total, 111 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120115000329A

## Narrative

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

ON 01/15/2011 N7648P DEPARTED MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MVY) AT APPROXIMATELY 9:21 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST). AS EVIDENCED BY VOICE TAPES AND RADAR DATA THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING APPROACHES AT HYANNIS (HYA). A SECOND PILOT WHOM IS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WAS ON BOARD. AFTER FLYING THE SECOND RNAV (GPS) RWY 6 APPROACH TO HYA THE AIRCRAFT DID A LOW APPROACH AND THE PILOT REQUESTED TO FLY THE PUBLISHED MISSED APPROACH. AT 10:04:29 EST AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMUNICATED TO N7648P THAT 'YOUR ALTITUDE IS VARYING BY 500 FEET, DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE'?  AT 10:04:42 EST  N7648P REPLIED 'THERE IS SMOKE IN THE CABIN'.  AT 10:04:43 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASKED N7648P TO 'SAY INTENTIONS'.  AT 10:04:51 EST  N7648P 'WE GOT TO CLEAR THE SMOKE AND AHHH...'AT 10:04:59 EST N7648P REPORTED ' WE CLEARED THE SMOKE, WE'LL STAY IN THE AHHH.. ' THEN REPEATED AGAIN ' WE CLEARED THE SMOKE WE'LL STAY IN THE AHHH...'.THERE WERE NO OTHER TRANSMISSIONS BY N7648P.AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT 10:06:31 REPORTED 'N7648P RADAR CONTACT LOST'.SEVERAL QUERIES BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO N7648P ON FREQUENCY AND ONE ON GUARD FREQUENCY WERE UNANSWERED BY N7648P.A REVIEW OF THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RADAR DATA WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE VOICE COMMUNICATIONS.  AT 10:05:57 EST THE AIRCRAFT DISSAPEARED FROM THE RADAR SCREEN.THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS RECOVERED IN WATER APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FROM SHORE. THE PUBLISHED MISSED APPROACH HOLDING FIX IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WRECAGE WAS FOUND. THE FATALY INJURED WERE RECOVERED NEAR SHORE APPROXMATELY ONE HALF MILE FROM THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE.

## 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 ERA12LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA145), Jan 15, 2012: Piper PA-24-180 (N7648P), Brewster, MA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew’s loss of airplane control.

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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