# Accident 19820511017689A: Piper PA32R300, Iuka, MS, May 11, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1982, 17:06 local time
- Place: Iuka, MS
- Airport: Iuka
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7723° N, 88.1659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Iuka Airport (15M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7723&lon=-88.1659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444ME-1982-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 763 total, 240 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FLT04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FLT04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820511017689A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO GROUND DURING LOW PASS OVER AIRPORT.

## 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 ATL82FLT04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FLT04), May 11, 1982: Piper PA-32R-300 (N444ME), Iuka, MS, destroyed, 3 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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