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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28151 · Edgerton, MN · September 25, 1981

Date
September 25, 1981 · 22:00 local
Place
Edgerton, MN
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N105WC
Reported as
Piper PA28151
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
280 total280 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Scud running at night in IMC, set altimeter incorrectly. Flew into cornfield on hilliside. Flipped over on impact.

As the FAA filed it

SCUD RUNNING AT NIGHT IN IMC, SET ALTIMETER INCORRECTLY.FLEW INTO CORNFIELD ON HILLISIDE. FLIPPED OVER ON IMPACT.