# Incident 19791016052139I: Piper PA28R201T, Des Moines, IA, October 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1979, 10:15 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505HP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505HP-1982-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 45 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791016052139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ON AN IFR FLIGHT BECAME DISORIENTED IN HIGH DENSITY AREA AND REQUIRED SPECIAL HANDLING.

## Other reports on N505HP (1)

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

- [Accident 19820705062609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820705062609A), Jul 5, 1982: Piper PA28R201T (N505HP), Cross City, FL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft disappeared on flight from nashville to sarasota, FL. Thunderstroms in area at time of disappearance.

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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