# Accident 19811205079059A: Piper PA28181, Preston, MN, December 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1981, 17:20 local time
- Place: Preston, MN
- Airport: Fillmore Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6767° N, 92.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FILLMORE COUNTY (FKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6767&lon=-92.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6958T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6958T-1983-04-06) (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: 600 total, 575 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811205079059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF AT NIGHT INTO DENSE FOG. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT CIRCLING TO BASE LEG. FLIGHT WAS TO CHECK WEATHER.

## 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 CHI82FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA017), Dec 5, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N6958T), Preston, MN, 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.

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