# Accident 19920113000509A: Piper PA28161, Homestead, FL, January 13, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1992, 18:23 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2606Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2606Y-1994-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 225 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA92FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920113000509A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OVER OCEAN AT NIGHT IN AREA OF CLOUDS AND RAIN. HIGH SPEED WATER IMPACT. SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR

## 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 MIA92FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92FA062), Jan 13, 1992: Piper PA-28-161 (N2606Y), Homestead, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONDITIONS RESULTING IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND INFLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL.

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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