# Accident 19820724031649A: Piper PA28140, Enterprise, OR, July 24, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1982, 22:20 local time
- Place: Enterprise, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4258° N, 117.2788° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Enterprise, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4258&lon=-117.2788&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55492, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55492-2013-08-15) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 362 total, 125 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82FYM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FYM22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820724031649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT NIGHT DURING LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. IT WAS OBSERVED IN VERY ERRATIC FLIGHT BEFORE CRASH.

## 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 SEA82FYM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FYM22), Jul 25, 1982: Piper 24-140 (N55492), Enterprise, OR, 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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