# Accident 19990927043249A: Piper PA28140, Clinton, IA, September 27, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1999, 19:30 local time
- Place: Clinton, IA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8445° N, 90.1887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8445&lon=-90.1887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5747U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5747U-2000-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA356) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990927043249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1999, MR. JOHN BIOLCHINI  PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE 348349923, WAS IDENTIFIED AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N5747U, A PA-20-140, WHEN DUE TO UNKNOWN REASONS IT CRASHED IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR CLINTON, IOWA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT AND THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH WAS IFR TO MVFR. WEATHER BRIEFINGS RECEIVED BY  MR. BIOLCHINI INDICATED THE WEATHER TO BE IFR AND REMAIN IFR FOR THE SECOND HALF OF HIS PLANNED TRIP.  MR. BIOLCHINI  WAS NOT AN INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT. NTSB FOUND NO APPARENT PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI99FA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA356), Sep 28, 1999: Piper PA-28-140 (N5747U), Clinton, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions and not maintaining altitude/clearance. Factors were the low clouds, rain, and dark night conditions.

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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