19890716022379A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Liberty Town, MD · July 16, 1989

Date
July 16, 1989 · 13:43 local
Place
Liberty Town, MD
Phase of flight
Scud Running
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
RIFA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N83HA
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO89FA058
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

VFR pilot ignored weather flew into storm. ATC unable help. Inflight breakup occured. Spiral dive and abrupt pullup

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT IGNORED WEATHER FLEW INTO STORM. ATC UNABLE HELP. INFLIGHT BREAKUP OCCURED. SPIRAL DIVE AND ABRUPT PULLUP

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.