# Accident 19920706023869A: Piper PA34200T, Bowling Green, KY, July 6, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1992, 08:20 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green-Warren County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0006° N, 86.4206° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0006&lon=-86.4206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188AL-1992-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 354 total, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920706023869A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES LOW TIME IFR PILOT LOSS CONTROL AFTER ENTERING CLOUDS. ON CLIMBOUT. OBSERVED DIVING FROM CLOUDS TO IMPACT

## 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 BFO92FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA088), Jul 6, 1992: Piper PA-34-200T (N188AL), Bowling Green, KY, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION/VERTIGO.

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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