19821219065149A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Bancroft, IA · December 19, 1982

Date
December 19, 1982 · 19:30 local
Place
Bancroft, IA
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2838V
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC83FA041
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
466 total325 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft had crashed in a farm field at night. High speed near vertical imact. Alcohol registered in pilots blood.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED IN A FARM FIELD AT NIGHT. HIGH SPEED NEAR VERTICAL IMACT. ALCOHOL REGISTERED IN PILOTS BLOOD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.