# Accident 19811212081469A: Piper PA32300, Brogan, OR, December 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Brogan, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2475° N, 117.5187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brogan, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2475&lon=-117.5187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4041R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811212081469A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA82FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA012), Dec 12, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N4041R), Brogan, OR, 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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