# Accident 19900131001439A: Piper PA32300, Coalgate, OK, January 31, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1990
- Place: Coalgate, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5294° N, 96.2097° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5294&lon=-96.2097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9235Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9235Z-1991-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 607 total, 250 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900131001439A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED INTO IMC AT NIGHT WITHOUT PANEL LIGHTS AND INOP FLASHLIGHT. LOST CONTROL IN FOG,RAIN. CRASHED INVERTED.

## 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 FTW90FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA062), Feb 1, 1990: Piper PA-32-300 (N9235Z), Coalgate, OK, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE…

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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