# Accident 19950529045489A: Piper PA28181, Jefferson Towns, OH, May 29, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1995, 09:25 local time
- Place: Jefferson Towns, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8261L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8261L-1997-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O320A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 635 total, 183 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95FA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950529045489A

## Narrative

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

NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT. INDICATES LOST OF CONTROL. OVERWORKED FATIGUED PILOT MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP. NO ANOMALIES. (-23) AIRCRAFT OBSERVED BY NUMEROUS WITNESSES, AIRPLANE WAS IN A STEEP DESCENT WITH POWER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW LEFT BANK; AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.

## 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 NYC95FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95FA127), May 29, 1995: Piper PA-28-181 (N8261L), Jefferson Twp, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane which resulted in a collision with terrain during a descent.

## Other reports on N8261L (1)

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

- [Accident 19880515015209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515015209A), May 15, 1988: Piper PA28181 (N8261L), Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Landed long and ran off runway. Traveled across grass onto ramp and collided with a parked aircraft.

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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