# Incident 19931231051719I: Piper PA32260, Rapid City, SD, December 31, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1993, 22:40 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7659C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7659C-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,070 total, 2,439 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931231051719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED HEAVY ICING AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. LANDED SAFELY. PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE AIRMETS.

## Other reports on N7659C (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940424047379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940424047379A), Apr 24, 1994: Piper PA32260 (N7659C), Kellogg, ID, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Came out of clouds minus tail and wings. Vacumn pump siezed. Indicates spiral dive abrupt pull up. Had partial panel
- [Incident 19790609014559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790609014559I), Jun 9, 1979: Piper PA32260 (N7659C), Gillette, WY, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing, bounced, applied power, bounced again, nose gear collapsed.

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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