# Accident 19891128047429A: Piper PA32260, Coventry, CT, November 28, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1989, 05:50 local time
- Place: Coventry, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7701° N, 72.3051° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coventry, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7701&lon=-72.3051&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3309W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3309W-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891128047429A

## Narrative

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

RAIN AND FOG. FELT NEED TO GO DUE TO JOB. RAIN FOG NEAR ZERO IN CRASH AREA. SPATIAL SPIRAL DIVE.

## 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 NYC90FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA036), Nov 28, 1989: Piper PA-32-260 (N3309W), Coventry, CT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT INITIATING VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC ON A DARK NIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO THE GROUND. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR(S) WAS: THE ADVERSE…

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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