# Accident 19940506010199A: Piper PA28161, Grand Island, NE, May 6, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1994, 14:15 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0199° N, 98.1505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0199&lon=-98.1505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2938Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2938Q-1995-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 39 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940506010199A

## Narrative

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

ADVISED NO VFR AND ICING EN ROUTE. LOW TIME VFR PILOT LEFT ANYWAY. SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. VERTIGO LED TO CRASH.

## 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 CHI94LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA149), May 6, 1994: Piper PA-28-181 (N2938Q), Chapman, NE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S ATTEMPTED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S OVER…

## Other reports on N2938Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19780827026479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780827026479A), Aug 27, 1978: Piper PA28181 (N2938Q), Flagstaff, AZ, Substantial damage. Density altitude 9715FT.as eng RPM decreased mixture was increase full rich.

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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