# Accident 19930416009599A: Piper PA28140, Falcon, CO, April 16, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1993, 22:17 local time
- Place: Falcon, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9330° N, 104.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Falcon, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9330&lon=-104.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7536R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7536R-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 20 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930416009599A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL IN NEAR ZERO IMC AT NIGHT.FORECAST WEATHER AND DARK NIGHT WITH LOW TIME STUDENT A FACTOR

## 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 DEN93FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA042), Apr 17, 1993: Piper PA-28-140 (N7536R), Falcon, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE STUDENT PILOT BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. FACTORS WERE: IMC WEATHER CONDITIONS, DARK NIGHT, INACCURATE WEATHER EVALUATION BY BOTH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT,…

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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