# Accident 19891121046329A: Piper PA28235, Rockford, IL, November 21, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1989, 21:43 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Greater Rockford
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1103° N, 89.0005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1103&lon=-89.0005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9465W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9465W-1990-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 20 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891121046329A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DEPARTED IFR HAD TROUBLE HEADINGS AND ALTITUDE. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. EVIDENCE WIRING SHORT AND FIRE.

## 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 CHI90FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA029), Nov 22, 1989: Piper PA-28-235 (N9465W), Monroe Center, IL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: IN-FLIGHT FIRE INITIATED BY AN INADEQUATELY INSTALLED WIRING HARNESS AND PROPAGATED BY AN EXISTING FUEL LEAK WHICH WAS NOT REPAIRED.

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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