# Accident 19850906043509A: Piper PA28R200, Ravenna, OH, September 6, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1985, 14:22 local time
- Place: Ravenna, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1501° N, 81.2393° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1501&lon=-81.2393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55024 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 32 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85FA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA368) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850906043509A

## Narrative

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

INFLIGHT AIRFRAME FAILURE FOLLOWING LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE FLYING IN THE CLOUDS.  PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.

## 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 CHI85FA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA368), Sep 6, 1985: Piper PA28R-200 (N55024), Ravenna, OH, 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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