# Accident 19940610040889A: Piper PA25235, Breckenridge, TX, June 10, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1994, 08:56 local time
- Place: Breckenridge, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TSCG
- Location: 32.7568° N, 98.9130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Breckenridge, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7568&lon=-98.9130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4492Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4492Y-1996-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,610 total, 2,072 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94FA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940610040889A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED HEAVY FOG TRYING TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. LOST CONTROL. IFR RATED BUT NOT CURRENT.

## 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 FTW94FA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA191), Jun 10, 1994: Piper PA-25-235 (N4492Y), Breckenridge, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC. FACTORS WERE THE WEATHER AND THE LACK OF FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS.

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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