# Accident 19920925038999A: Piper PA28160, Bethel, ME, September 25, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1992, 20:15 local time
- Place: Bethel, ME
- Airport: Col Dyke Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4336° N, 70.7712° 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=44.4336&lon=-70.7712&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5867W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5867W-2013-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920925038999A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON HILLSIDE DESCENDING TO LAND AT UNLIGHTED STRIP. DARK NIGHT. NO GROUND LIGHTS.

## 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 BFO92LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA150), Sep 26, 1992: Piper PA-28-160 (N5867W), Bethel, ME, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO AVOID THE TERRAIN. THE DARK NIGHT WAS A FACTOR.

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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