# Accident 19900818033879A: Piper PA32R300, Watertown, WI, August 18, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1990, 22:00 local time
- Place: Watertown, WI
- Airport: Watertown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1902° N, 88.7195° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1902&lon=-88.7195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4070Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4070Q-1991-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 7
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 8 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900818033879A

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF INTO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT NIGHT. LOST CONTROL. CRASHED NEAR AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI90FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA236), Aug 19, 1990: Piper PA-32R-300 (N4070Q), Watertown, WI, destroyed, 7 fatal. Probable cause: INITIATION OF VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER AND INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGIAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE PILOT'S SELF-INDUCED…

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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