# Accident 19811025073469A: Piper PA28R200, Mooresville, IN, October 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1981, 23:45 local time
- Place: Mooresville, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6025° N, 86.3687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mooresville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6025&lon=-86.3687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70RA-1983-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,102 total, 415 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811025073469A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO IMC AT NIGHT. STRUCK TREES ON KNOLL IN LEVEL FLIGHT. MARGINAL WEATHER AT BRIEFING.

## 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 CHI82FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA008), Oct 25, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N70RA), Mooresville, IN, 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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