# Accident 19820512005449A: Piper PA28161, Lorenzo, TX, May 12, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1982, 05:07 local time
- Place: Lorenzo, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6703° N, 101.5361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lorenzo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6703&lon=-101.5361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9697C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9697C-1983-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 176 total, 5 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820512005449A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. VFR PILOT ADVISED OF POSSIBLE WEATHER EN ROUTE.

## 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 FTW82FA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA171), May 12, 1982: Piper PA-28-161 (N9697C), Lorenzo, TX, destroyed, 4 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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