# Accident 19850825040119A: Piper STCPA28, Worthington, MN, August 25, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1985, 10:00 local time
- Place: Worthington, MN
- Airport: Worthington Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6204° N, 95.5894° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6204&lon=-95.5894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8571W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8571W-1991-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER STCPA28
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 687 total, 123 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85FA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA357) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850825040119A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO LOWERING VISIBILITY, LOST CONTROL, IMPACTED GROUND. HAD SEVERE ATHEROSCLEROTIC CORONARY VASCULAR DISEASE.

## 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 CHI85FA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA357), Aug 25, 1985: Piper PA-28-235 (N8571W), Worthington, MN, 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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