# Accident 19811030070839A: Piper PA24260, Kerrick, MN, October 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1981, 18:30 local time
- Place: Kerrick, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3391° N, 92.5852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kerrick, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3391&lon=-92.5852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8898P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8898P-1982-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 62 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811030070839A

## Narrative

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

PROCEEDED INTO IFR,LOW CLOUDS,LOW VISIBILITY AND FREEZING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOST CONTROL CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 CHI82FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA009), Oct 30, 1981: Piper PA-24 (N8898P), Kerrick, MN, destroyed, 3 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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