# Accident 19930418009579A: Piper PA23250, Henryetta, OK, April 18, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1993, 10:35 local time
- Place: Henryetta, OK
- Airport: Henryetta Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4399° N, 95.9791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4399&lon=-95.9791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4689P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4689P-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW93FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93FA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930418009579A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED VFR INTO IMC. LOST CONTROL CIRCLING. CRASHED IN WOODED AREA. ALL RADIOS AND ALL BUT BASIC PANEL REMOVED.

## 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 FTW93FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93FA132), Apr 18, 1993: Piper PA-23-250 (N4689P), Henryetta, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO FLY INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE ENSUING SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS WERE THE WEATHER, AND THE PILOT'S DECISION TO FLY INTO IMC WITH INADEQUATE FLIGHT AND…

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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