# Accident 19921116056589A: Piper PA32301, Dorado, Puerto Rico, November 16, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1992, 11:00 local time
- Place: Dorado, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Dorado (Pvt) Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4690° N, 66.2711° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dorado, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4690&lon=-66.2711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1310M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 289 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921116056589A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED UNCOMMANDED RIGHT TURN IN FLIGHT AND LOW AIRSPEED. OVERSHOT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. STATIC SYSTEM FOULED.

## 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 MIA93LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA039), Nov 16, 1992: Piper PA-32-301 (N1310M), Dorado, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: POOR IN FLIGHT PLANNING DECISION BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PARTIAL BLOCKAGE OF THE PITOT STATIC SYSTEM AND INCORRECT AIRSPEED INDICATOR.

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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