# Accident 19950804022009A: Piper PA28181, Fifield, WI, August 4, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1995, 08:50 local time
- Place: Fifield, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8707° N, 90.4192° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8707&lon=-90.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4484F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4484F-1995-11-01) (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 O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950804022009A

## Narrative

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

FLYING LOW AND ERRACTIC IN DENSE FOG. BROKE OUT AT STEEP DESCENT AND CRASHED INTO LAKE. SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. (-23) WITNESS INDICATED AIRCRAFT DESCENDED THRU FOG IN A STEEP DIVE. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN SAILOR CREEK FLORWAZE - 1000 FT OFF SHORE IN 7 FT. OF WATER. INVESTIGATION INDICATES NO APPARENT PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION.

## 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 CHI95FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA259), Aug 4, 1995: Piper PA-28-181 (N4484F), Fifield, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's attempted visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and loss of control. A factor was the fog.

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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