19831111056819A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA28161 · Albion, NE · November 11, 1983

Date
November 11, 1983 · 11:30 local
Place
Albion, NE
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2220Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC84FA019
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
99 total3 in this make and model33 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.

Struck a television guy while flying under a cloud layer. Top of tower in the clouds. Impact severed a wing.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A TELEVISION GUY WHILE FLYING UNDER A CLOUD LAYER. TOP OF TOWER IN THE CLOUDS. IMPACT SEVERED A WING.

NTSB investigation

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