# Accident 19940617015529A: Piper PA23250, Warren Grove, NJ, June 17, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1994, 22:15 local time
- Place: Warren Grove, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7465° N, 74.3704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Warren Grove, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7465&lon=-74.3704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62701 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940617015529A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED VFR INTO IMC DRIZZLE AND FOG AT NIGHT.  WRECKAGE INFO INDICATES SPIRAL DIVE DUE SPATIAL DISORIENTATION.

## 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 BFO94FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA104), Jun 18, 1994: Piper PA-23-250 (N62701), Warren Grove, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT DISREGARDED WEATHER EVALUATIONS, ATTEMPTED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FROM THE TERRAIN.

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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