# Accident 19930407008129A: Piper PA28161, Llano, TX, April 7, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1993, 02:10 local time
- Place: Llano, TX
- Airport: Llano Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7508° N, 98.6698° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7508&lon=-98.6698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81527, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81527-1994-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,106 total, 948 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930407008129A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN IMC TURNING FROM BASE TO FINAL. STRUCK TREES. PILOT ADMITTED HE SHOULD HAVE MADE 180 AND RETREATED.

## 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 DEN93LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA039), Apr 7, 1993: Piper PA-28-161 (N81527), Llano, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC. FACTORS WERE: LOW CEILING, DARK NIGHT, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL INSTRUMENT TIME.

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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