# Accident 19860628028139A: Piper PA28236, Townsend, MT, June 28, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1986, 23:45 local time
- Place: Townsend, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4809° N, 111.3394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4809&lon=-111.3394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100WX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100WX-1991-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 141 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN86FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860628028139A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT BROKE APART IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT HAD NO RECENT NIGHT EXPERIENCE. SUSPECT SPATIAL DISORIENTATION.

## 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 DEN86FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA181), Jun 29, 1986: Piper PA-28-236 (N100WX), Townsend, MT, destroyed, 1 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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