# Accident 19960416007389A: Piper PA28181, Granville, OH, April 16, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1996, 10:28 local time
- Place: Granville, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0695° N, 82.5006° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0695&lon=-82.5006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8276Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8276Y-1997-08-23) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 232 total, 55 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960416007389A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER IFR EN ROUTE IN ICING AREA. VECTORED TO 2I8. CARB HEAT FROZE. INDUCTION ICE. LOST POWER, LIFT. CRASHED. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM CHICAGO MEIGS FIELD (CGX) TO ATHENS, OH (UNI) AT 9,000 FEET MSL APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES NE OF COLUMBUS WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED LOSING ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO SEVERAL AIRPORTS IN THE VICINITY WITH A FINAL VECTOR FOR NEWARK-HEATH AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED THROUGH CLOUDS, THE BASES OF WHICH WERE REPORTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1300 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WITH POOR VISIBILITY BELOW, AND CRASHED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 6 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE NEWARK-HEATH AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE PASSENGER WAS SEVERELY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE NTSB SUPERVISED AN ENGINE TEAR-DOWN AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 NYC96FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA085), Apr 16, 1996: Piper PA-28-181 (N8276Y), Granville, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional flight into known icing conditions and his overconfidence in his ability, which led to a partial loss of engine power as a result of induction system ice. Also causal was…

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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