# Accident 19940323006459A: Piper PA28180, St Louis, MO, March 23, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1994, 00:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6498° N, 90.5795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6498&lon=-90.5795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3365R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3365R-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 250 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940323006459A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED IN RECKLESS MANNER THEN OBSERVED TO DIVE VERTICALLY ONTO RUNWAY. HAD MARTIAL PROBLEMS PRIOR SUICIDE TRIES.

## 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 CHI94FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA113), Mar 23, 1994: Piper PA-28-180 (N3365R), Chesterfield, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: suicide by the pilot.

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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