# Accident 19930516029589A: Piper PA28RT201, Berkeley Spring, WV, May 16, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1993, 22:04 local time
- Place: Berkeley Spring, WV
- Airport: Potomac Airpart Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7005° N, 78.1706° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7005&lon=-78.1706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8247G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8247G-1994-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930516029589A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED VFR INTO IMC. STRUCK TREES ON HILLSIDE NOT FAR FROM AIRPORT.WAS ADVISED NOT TO GO.WEATHER AIRMETS FOR AREA

## 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 BFO93FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA093), May 17, 1993: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N8247G), Hancock, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, HIS INITIATION OF VFR FLT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO…

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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