# Accident 19831011054099A: Piper PA28181, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 11, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1983, 14:35 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Airport: Dutchess Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5905° N, 73.9099° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5905&lon=-73.9099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30460, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30460-1984-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 838 total, 205 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FHM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHM01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831011054099A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT IN PATTERN FOR LANDING. CRASHED INTO TREES. HAD MADE IFR APPROACH THRU CLOUDS WITHOUT USING CARB HEAT.

## 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 NYC84FHM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHM01), Oct 11, 1983: Piper PA-28-181 (N30460), Poughkeepsie, NY, destroyed

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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