# Incident 19820422017669I: Piper PA23250, Horsehead, VA, April 22, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1982, 14:38 local time
- Place: Horsehead, VA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8921° N, 76.4188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Horse Head, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8921&lon=-76.4188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63762, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63762-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 950 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820422017669I

## Narrative

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

STRAYED OFF COURSE INTO RESTRICTED AREA DURING PRACTICE BOMBING ACTIVITY. VECTORED OUT BY ATC.

## Other reports on N63762 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19881111050529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881111050529A), Nov 11, 1988: Piper PA23250 (N63762), Towson, MD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Indicates emergency window separated from aircraft. Pilot lost control entered spin. Crashed in residential area.

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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