# Accident 19920218003139A: Piper PA28R200, Raleigh-Durham, NC, February 18, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1992, 22:52 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8886° N, 78.7758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8886&lon=-78.7758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33464, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33464-1992-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 368 total, 16 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920218003139A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY. HAD FLOWN BELOW DH 1 MILE FROM AIRPORT. RADAR SLOWS PILOT CHASING LOCALIZER

## 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 ATL92FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA047), Feb 19, 1992: Piper PA-28R-200 (N33464), Raleigh, NC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW INSTRUMENT LANDING PROCEDURES BY DESCENDING BELOW THE GLIDE PATH OF THE INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE LOW CEILINGS AND FOG AT 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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