# Accident 19810221005049A: Piper PA22135, Lohrville, IA, February 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Lohrville, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2669° N, 94.5515° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lohrville, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2669&lon=-94.5515&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3402A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3402A-1983-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810221005049A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED PERFORMING STRANGE MANUVERS THEN CRASHING INTO GROUND. EVIDENCE INDICATES SUICIDE.

## 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 MKC81FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA021), Feb 21, 1981: Piper PA-22 (N3402A), Lohrville, IA, destroyed, 1 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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