# Accident 19921221051019A: Piper PA28R201, Columbus, GA, December 21, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1992, 13:10 local time
- Place: Columbus, GA
- Airport: Columbus Metropolitan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4610° N, 84.9877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, GA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4610&lon=-84.9877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9319C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9319C-1994-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 33 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL93FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921221051019A

## Narrative

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

MISSED FIRST APPROACH. LOST CONTROL AND SPIRALED TO GROUND ON SECOND TRY. WAS FIRST SOLO IFR FLIGHT AFTER RATING.

## 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 ATL93FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93FA039), Dec 21, 1992: Piper PA-28R-201 (N9319C), Phenix City, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOTS LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N9319C (2)

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

- [Incident 19840630039049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840630039049I), Jun 30, 1984: Piper PA28R201 (N9319C), Rochester, NY. No left main gear light but flyby showed gear down. Landed normal. Wire from gear switch to light found broken.
- [Incident 19810325025489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810325025489I), Mar 25, 1981: Piper PA28R201 (N9319C), Rochester, NY. During touch and go landing failed to get a nose gear light. Used emergency means and landed. Found switch broken.

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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