# Accident 19921031044509A: Piper PA42, Grand Junction, CO, October 31, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1992, 08:15 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TIMA
- Location: 39.1097° N, 108.5292° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1097&lon=-108.5292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250TJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N250TJ-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-42 (registry code 7104202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 225 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921031044509A

## Narrative

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

STRAYED OFF COURSE ON ILS APPROACH. DESCENDED AND IMPACTED CLOUD OBSCURED MESA. REPORT ERRONEOUS SIGNAL PRIOR CRASH

## 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 DEN93FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA009), Oct 31, 1992: Piper PA-42 (N250TJ), Grand Junction, CO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER IFR PROCEDURE AND RESULTANT DISORIENTATION WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.

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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