# Accident 19930708025139A: Piper PA38112, Houghton, MI, July 8, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1993, 21:10 local time
- Place: Houghton, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1092° N, 88.5602° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1092&lon=-88.5602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6279A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6279A-1994-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,290 total, 763 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI93FA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93FA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930708025139A

## Narrative

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

WHILE MAKING LOW PASS OVER FAMILY HOME LOST CONTROL AND DIVED INTO GROUND LEFT WING LOW. LACKED RECENT TIME.

## 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 CHI93FA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93FA247), Jul 9, 1993: Piper PA-38-112 (N6279A), Houghton, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED WHILE MANEUVERING WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL/MUSH. INTENTIONAL BUZZING WAS A FACTOR.

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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