# Accident 19811126078689A: Piper PA28181, Le Mars, IA, November 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1981, 02:00 local time
- Place: Le Mars, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7815° N, 96.1733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Le Mars, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7815&lon=-96.1733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2138B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2138B-1982-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 109 total, 49 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC82FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811126078689A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT NEAR AIRPORT IN DARK NIGHT. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG.

## 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 MKC82FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FA008), Nov 26, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N2138B), Le Mars, IA, destroyed, 1 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.