# Accident 19920923038539A: Piper PA28151, Samantha, AL, September 23, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1992, 05:26 local time
- Place: Samantha, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4223° N, 87.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Samantha, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-87.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43313, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43313-1993-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 77 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920923038539A

## Narrative

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

CONTINUED FLIGHT OVER UNDERCAST AT NIGHT. ENTERED CLOUDS. LOST CONTROL AND SPIRAL DIVED TO IMPACT IN WOODED AREA.

## 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 ATL92FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA185), Sep 23, 1992: Piper PA-28-151 (N43313), Samantha, AL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND PREPARATION, HIS LACK OF EXPEREINCE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ENCOUNTER WITH INSTRUMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING AN ATTEMPTED VISUAL FLIGHT, AND HIS…

## Other reports on N43313 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19891125047829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891125047829A), Nov 25, 1989: Piper PA28151 (N43313), Freeport, IL, Substantial damage. Right wing tip struck a van while taxiing to ramp from parking area. Van was parked on the ramp.

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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