# Accident 19930802027569A: Piper PA28181, Provincetown, MA, August 2, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1993, 22:34 local time
- Place: Provincetown, MA
- Airport: Provincetown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0515° N, 70.1936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0515&lon=-70.1936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2093A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2093A-1994-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC93FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930802027569A

## Narrative

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

ADVISED VFR NO GO. TOOK OFF. LOST CONTROL SPIRAL DIVE. LOST A WING ON ABRUPT PULL UP. FATIGUE CRACKS IN WING SPAR.

## 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 NYC93FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA140), Aug 3, 1993: Piper PA-28-181 (N2093A), Provincetown, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT INITIATING VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS RESULTING IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. DURING HIS ATTEMPT TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT THE…

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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