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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Florence, SC · March 6, 1983

Date
March 6, 1983 · 17:20 local
Place
Florence, SC
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3803W
Reported as
Piper PA32260
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,826 total1,600 in this make and model28 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.

Saw heavy rain ahead en route on a IFR flight plan. Lost radio contact with ATC. Landed on a road.

As the FAA filed it

SAW HEAVY RAIN AHEAD EN ROUTE ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN. LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC. LANDED ON A ROAD.