# Accident 19940619016299A: Piper PA28R201T, Southard, OK, June 19, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1994, 15:20 local time
- Place: Southard, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0559° N, 98.4754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southard, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0559&lon=-98.4754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9766K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9766K-2002-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940619016299A

## Narrative

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

VFR NOT ADVISED. DEPARTED ANYWAY. FLEW INTO THUNDERSTORM EN ROUTE. CAME APART IN SEVERE TURBULENCE. NO ANOMALIES.

## 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 FTW94FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA208), Jun 19, 1994: Piper PA-28R-201T (N9766K), Southard, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER RESULTING IN THE DESIGN LIMITS OF THE AIRPLANE BEING EXCEEDED. FACTORS WERE THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE PILOT'S DISREGARD FOR THE FORECASTED…

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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