# Accident 19890609014969A: Piper PA32300, Myersville, MD, June 9, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1989, 14:32 local time
- Place: Myersville, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4994° N, 77.5609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4994&lon=-77.5609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1499X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1499X-2012-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO89FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890609014969A

## Narrative

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

VERTICAL GROUND IMPACT IN AREA OF CLOUD OBSCURED RIDGE. WAS ADVISED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED. PLIOT ON DEPRESSION DRUG.

## 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 BFO89FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA043), Jun 9, 1989: Piper PA-32-300 (N1499X), Myersville, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AND HIS INABILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE…

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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