# Accident 19960808046359A: Piper PA28181, IN, August 8, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1996, 10:21 local time
- Place: IN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6609° N, 86.1596° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6609&lon=-86.1596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9137N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9137N-1997-12-05) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960808046359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 8, 1996, PIPER PA-28-181, N9137N, LEFT KOKOMO, IN (OKK) AT APPROX. 1000 EST ENROUTE TO MUNCIE, IN (MIE). THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROX. 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE MUNCIE AIRPORT IN A FARM FIELD AT APPROX 1021 EST. BOTH PILOTS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT WERE FATALLY INJURED. FLIGHT TIMES FOR FRANCIS BUCKNER WERE NOT AVAILABLE. HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL AND LAST 90 TOTAL FOR DONALD MCCANN WAS UNAVAILABLE. TECHNICAL FACTORS AND OPERATIONAL FACTORS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## 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 CHI96FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA284), Aug 8, 1996: Piper PA-28-181 (N9137N), Muncie, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the inadvertent flight of the airplane by the pilot-in-command into a thunderstorm. The weather was a factor.

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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