# Accident 19940404000309A: Piper PA23250, Alliance, NE, April 4, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1994, 13:13 local time
- Place: Alliance, NE
- Airport: Alliance Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1007° N, 102.8691° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1007&lon=-102.8691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5399Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5399Y-1995-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 191 total, 97 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940404000309A

## Narrative

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

MISSED APPROACH AT AIA. CLEARED TO ALTERNATE BFF. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. EXHIBITED ERRACTIC APPROACH AND HOLDING

## 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 CHI94FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA128), Apr 4, 1994: Piper PA-23-250 (N5399Y), Alliance, NE, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND INADVERTANT ENTRY INTO A SPIRAL DIVE. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS OF BLOWING SNOW AND TURBULENCE.

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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