# Accident 19890305002999A: Piper PA28140, Pottstown, PA, March 5, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1989, 04:00 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2596° N, 75.7394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2596&lon=-75.7394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5348S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5348S-1991-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890305002999A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT AND PASSENGER TOOK OFF INTO NEAR ZERO CONDITIONS AND DARK NIGHT. CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC89FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA095), Mar 5, 1989: Piper PA-28 (N5348S), Douglas Twsp, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE STUDENT PILOT BY FLYING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, AND HIS VFR FLIGHT IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) WITHOUT THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATION OR TRAINING.…

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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