# Accident 19940916028179A: Piper PA28236, Vernon, NJ, September 16, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1994, 10:02 local time
- Place: Vernon, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N81X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81X-1996-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,543 total, 136 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940916028179A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL IN IMC AND DIVED INTO A RESEVIOR. LOW ACTUAL IFR TIME. CLASSIC SPATIAK 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 NYC94FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA178), Sep 16, 1994: Piper PA-28-236 (N81X), Vernon, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted a loss of control and inflight collision with 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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