# Accident 19820218004659A: Piper PA28140, Hytop, AL, February 18, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1982, 23:40 local time
- Place: Hytop, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8966° N, 86.0892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hytop, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8966&lon=-86.0892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5552F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5552F-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 32 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820218004659A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK RIDGELINE EN ROUTE IN MVFR. WAS ADVISED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED. STUDENT PILOT NOT ENDORSED FOR FLIGHT.

## 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 ATL82FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA057), Feb 19, 1982: Piper PA-28-140 (N5552F), Hytop, AL, 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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