# Accident 19921120052839A: Piper PA32RT300T, Greeley, CO, November 20, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1992, 00:25 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3807° N, 104.5595° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3807&lon=-104.5595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39683, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39683-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,545 total, 675 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921120052839A

## Narrative

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

WRECKAGE INDICATES A LOSS OF CONTROL. WAS APPROACHING AREA FOR ILS APPROACH.

## 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 DEN93FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA012), Nov 20, 1992: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N39683), Kersey, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: INADVERTENT STALL AND LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO STRUCTURAL ICING. FACTORS WERE: ICING CONDITIONS, AND FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER.

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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