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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Bethany, IL · September 25, 1983

Date
September 25, 1983 · 20:55 local
Place
Bethany, IL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8236U
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI83FA441
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total117 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Flew into adverse weather, overstressed airframe. Separation of airframe in flight. VFR flight not reccommended.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO ADVERSE WEATHER, OVERSTRESSED AIRFRAME. SEPARATION OF AIRFRAME IN FLIGHT. VFR FLIGHT NOT RECCOMMENDED.

NTSB investigation

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