# Accident 19890920035639A: Piper PA22, Montague, NJ, September 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1989, 16:00 local time
- Place: Montague, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3031° N, 74.7935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montague, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3031&lon=-74.7935&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2467A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2467A-1989-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 40 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890920035639A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED WORSENING WEATHER EN ROUTE,DIVERTED BUT CEILING LOWERED. ELECTED TO LAND IN SOFT FIELD. NOSED OVER.

## 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 NYC89LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA219), Sep 20, 1989: Piper PA-22 (N2467A), Montague, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN HIS INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS…

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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