# NTSB NYC98WA123: Piper PA-32-260, N3995W, Nice, France, May 31, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 31, 1998
- Place: Nice, France
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39589
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC98WA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39589/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98WA123

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3995W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3995W-2013-08-22), registration cancelled 2013-08-22, S/N 32-963, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-32-260
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (registry code 7103206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Christopher Y. Skudder
- Departed: LIPN, VERONA, OF
- Destination: LYN, BRON, OF
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19980531012129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980531012129A), May 31, 1998: Piper PA32260, Le Prignolet, FR, Substantial damage. Acft engine failed, pilot made emerg landing, the acft sustained substantial damage on landing, no injuries. (.19) on may 31, 1998, about 1200 greenwich mean…

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.

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