19811212081469A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA32300 · Brogan, OR · December 12, 1981

Date
December 12, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
Brogan, OR
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4041R
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA82FA012
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total200 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.

Airframe seperation in flight indicates pilot lost control from spatial disorientation flying in IMC conditions.

As the FAA filed it

AIRFRAME SEPERATION IN FLIGHT INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL FROM SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FLYING IN IMC CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.