# Accident 19930806028069A: Piper PA32300, Delight, AR, August 6, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1993, 11:40 local time
- Place: Delight, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0200° N, 93.4999° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0200&lon=-93.4999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N479KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N479KC-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 628 total, 29 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930806028069A

## Narrative

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

CANCELLED IFR AFTER APPROACH TO TXK PROCEED VFR TO M77. ENTERED. CLOUD LOST VACUUM. LOST CONTROL. BROKE UP INFLIGHT

## 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 DEN93FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA099), Aug 6, 1993: Piper PA-32-300 (N479KC), Delight, AR, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE VACUUM PUMP, AND AN INOPERATIVE TURN COORDINATOR. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AS A RESULT OF SPATIAL DISORIENTATION,…

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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