# Accident 19831113059859A: Piper PA28140, Mankato, MN, November 13, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1983, 18:56 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1609° N, 93.9897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1609&lon=-93.9897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6128W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 611 total, 610 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831113059859A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN AREA OF LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY WHEN PILOT WAS TRYING TO CONTINUE FLIGHT VFR.

## 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 CHI84LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA040), Nov 14, 1983: Piper PA-28-140 (N6128W), Mankato, MN, 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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