# Accident 19830721075429A: Piper PA28181, Fairton, NJ, July 21, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1983, 21:00 local time
- Place: Fairton, NJ
- Airport: Millville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3678° N, 75.0722° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLVILLE MUNI (MIV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3678&lon=-75.0722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8398T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 20 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830721075429A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO AREA OF DETERIORATING WEATHER AND THUNDERSTORMS. CRASHED DURING RADAR VECTORS.

## 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 NYC83FA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA187), Jul 22, 1983: Piper PA-28-181 (N8398T), Fairton, NJ, 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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