# Accident 20000706036279A: Piper PA22150, Quincy, IL, July 6, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2000, 06:30 local time
- Place: Quincy, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9299° N, 91.3795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9299&lon=-91.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1783P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1783P-2000-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000706036279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 6, 2000, A NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT DEPARTED LAPLATA, MO. IN PIPER PA-22-150, N1783P, WITH ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD, BOUND FOR BLICKHAM RLA, QUINCY, IL. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GOUND IN A CORN FIELD AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FEET WEST OF THE BLICKHAM RLA. THERE WERE TWO FATALITIES. THE REPORTED VISIBILITY IN THE AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE HUNDRED FEET AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI00FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA184), Jul 6, 2000: Piper PA-22-150 (N1783P), Quincy, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain control of the aircraft and his continued flight into adverse weather. Factors were the fog, and the crops.

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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