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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28RT-201T · Hale Center, TX · October 13, 1981

Date
October 13, 1981 · 20:23 local
Place
Hale Center, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N82195
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot lost control of aircraft at night in marginal VFR weather.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AT NIGHT IN MARGINAL VFR WEATHER.