# Accident 19930906033239A: Piper PA28161, Morrisville, VT, September 6, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1993, 14:45 local time
- Place: Morrisville, VT
- Airport: Morrisville Stowe State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5344° N, 72.6140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISVILLE-STOWE STATE (MVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5344&lon=-72.6140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6911C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6911C-1996-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 35 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930906033239A

## Narrative

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

FULLY LOADED AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLEAR A RIDGE PM CLIMBOUT. STRUCK TREES. PILOT BLAMED ENGINE POWER. NOT VERIFIED.

## 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 BFO93LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA163), Sep 6, 1993: Piper PA-28-161 (N6911C), Stowe, VT, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION. A RELATED FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.

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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