Date:	Sunday 15 January 2012
Time:	10:05
Type:	Piper PA-24-180 Comanche
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N7648P
MSN:	24-2862
Year of manufacture:	1961
Total airframe hrs:	5049 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-A1D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	St. Landing’s Beach, near Brewster, MA -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Barnstable Municipal Airport - KHYA
Destination airport:	Martha's Vineyard - KMVY
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Authorities say the wreckage of a Piper PA-24-180 Comanche and the bodies of two occupants, an instructor and student pilot, have been found on St. Landing’s Beach, near Brewster, MA
Emergency crews began searching Sunday morning for the private four-seater after its pilot reported smoke in the cabin, then lost communication with the ATC just after10:00am LT.
The crew was on an Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC) practicing holds and responded to Air Traffic Control (ATC) that the smoke had cleared and would continue the flight just prior to disappearing from radar.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/video/3552696-felger-mazz-are-you-concerned-with-david-price/
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_ad542c2b-9a53-53c7-a34d-d14aae7b23a6.html
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7648P/history/20120115/1400Z/KMVY/KHYA
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120115X45209&key=1

http://e0.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/5e8f9b3ccc91526b56f46c9ad39c55ab339ba748 (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Jan-2012 14:56	gerard57	Added
15-Jan-2012 15:35	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Jan-2012 11:01	Geno	Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Dec-2016 19:26	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]