# Accident 19830804038619A: Piper PA28181, Dwight, IL, August 4, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1983, 17:14 local time
- Place: Dwight, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0898° N, 88.4202° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0898&lon=-88.4202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2876X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total, 21 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83FA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA334) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830804038619A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL IN AREA OF LOW CLOUDS AND HEAVY RAIN.  NEAR VERTICAL GROUND IMPACT.  THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA.

## 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 CHI83FA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA334), Aug 4, 1983: Piper PA-28-181 (N2876X), Dwight, IL, destroyed, 2 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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