# Accident 19920515015239A: Piper PA32260, Greenville, NC, May 15, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1992, 06:39 local time
- Place: Greenville, NC
- Airport: Pitt-Greenville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6248° N, 77.3958° 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=35.6248&lon=-77.3958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2259T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2259T-2011-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540F1 SERIE (registry code 41531, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540f1-serie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 456 total, 357 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920515015239A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES IN IMC ON IFR CLIMBOUT. FAILED TO ASSURE PROPER CLIMB AND AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE.

## 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 ATL92FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA102), May 15, 1992: Piper PA-32-260 (N2259T), Greenville, NC, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN A PROPER CLIMB RATE AFTER TAKEOFF AFTER BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, 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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