# Accident 19790928044029A: Piper PA32R300, Indianapolis, IN, September 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1979, 00:45 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Metropolitian
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8425C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8425C-1989-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79AA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79AA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790928044029A

## Narrative

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

OPERATED AIRPLANE VFR IN CLOUDS AT DARK NIGHT. INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL OF AIRPLANE BY PILOT DUE TO DISORIENTATION

## 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 CHI79AA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79AA082), Sep 28, 1979: Piper PA-32R (N8425C), Indianapolis, IN, destroyed, 5 fatal

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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