# Accident 19951110036319A: Piper PA28151, Fond Du Lac, WI, November 10, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1995, 22:08 local time
- Place: Fond Du Lac, WI
- Airport: Fond Du Lac County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8390° N, 88.6397° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8390&lon=-88.6397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161FS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161FS-2007-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951110036319A

## Narrative

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

VFR NOT ADVISED. DEPARTED ANYWAY. LOST CONTROL BLINDING SNOW STORM. LOW NIGHT TIME AND VERY POOR JUDGEMENT. (-23) TREVOR ACHESON (PILOT) AND RICHARD CADIEUX (PASSENGER) DEPARTED GRAND FORKS, ND (GRK) ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN 11-11-95 AT 18:30 CST, ETA 11-11-95 2205 CST FOND DU LAC WI (FLD). AN INTAP WAS ISSUED WHEN THEY FAILED TO ARRIVE AT FLD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED 11-13-95 AT 0430 BY THE WISCONSIN ARMY NATIONAL GUARD IN A MARSH 5 MI. NORTHWEST OF FOND DU LAC CO. AIRPORT (FLD). THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, ENGINE AND PROPELLER REVEALED PROPELLER DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH HIGH POWER, 10 GALLON FUEL IN LEFT WING AND 12 GALLON IN RIGHT WING, ELEVATOR TRIM FULL NOSE UP.

## 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 CHI96FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA029), Nov 11, 1995: Piper PA-28-151 (N161FS), Fond Du Lac, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain altitude. Factors included the weather obscuration due to snow and fog, the dark night, and…

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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