# Accident 19940222002809A: Piper PA28161, Inverness, FL, February 22, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1994, 20:09 local time
- Place: Inverness, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8300° N, 82.2709° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8300&lon=-82.2709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44899, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44899-2000-04-11) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 144 total, 37 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940222002809A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT FLEW INTO CLOUDS AT NIGHT BECAME DISORIENTED. LOST CONTROL AND SPIRALLED IN . LOW TIME IFR PILOT.

## 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 MIA94FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94FA078), Feb 23, 1994: Piper PA-28-161 (N44899), Inverness, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's lack of total experience in instrument flight, simulated instrument flight, and night flight resulting in the pilot becoming spatially disoriented, and subsequent in-flight…

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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