# Accident 19990724009459A: Piper PA22135, Palatine, NY, July 24, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1999, 16:53 local time
- Place: Palatine, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9209° N, 74.5505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9209&lon=-74.5505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8937C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8937C-2001-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990724009459A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED INTO A FIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23)DURING A LEFT TURN COURSE REVERSAL THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN ACCELERATED STALL WHICH PROGRESSED INTO A TAILSPIN.  AFTER TWO OF THREE TURNS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AT A STEEP ANGLE DEMOLISHING THE AIRCRAFT AND FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

## 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 NYC99FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA181), Jul 24, 1999: Piper PA 22-135 (N8937C), Palatine, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot was impaired by an illegal drug, and entered an inadvertent stall/spin.

## Other reports on N8937C (1)

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

- [Incident 19810822089569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810822089569I), Aug 22, 1981: Piper PA22135 (N8937C), Stormville, NY. Pilot aborted takeoff when engine lost power as he switched tanks, overran runway when brake cylinder casting broke

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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