# Accident 19811006068629A: Piper PA32R301, Winchester, VA, October 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1981, 19:25 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1739° N, 78.1764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winchester, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1739&lon=-78.1764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8398N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 5 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811006068629A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF SEVERE TURBULENCE AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOST CONTROL. AIRPLANE BROKE UP IN FLIGHT.

## 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 ATL82FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA004), Oct 6, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N8398N), Winchester, VA, destroyed, 2 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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