# Accident 20030721016579A: Piper PA28235, Jackson, MN, July 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2003, 07:30 local time
- Place: Jackson, MN
- Airport: Jackson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6503° N, 94.9692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6503&lon=-94.9692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33774, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33774-2005-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 659 total, 436 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030721016579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES OBSERVED AIRPLANE MANEUVERING IN VICINITY OF AIRPORT DESCEND IN NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE AND IMPACT GROUND. AIRPLANE APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY PRIOR TO ENTERING A STEEP DESCENT. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY ESTABLISHED. EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT ENGINE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. ASSOCIATES AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD TAKEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION, AND THAT THE MEDICATION HAD RECENTLY BEEN CHANGED BY HIS PHYSICIAN. THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE CRASH THE PILOT WAS ADMITTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL DUE TO AN OVERDOSE OF SLEEPING PILLS. HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL THE DAY BEFORE THE CRASH.

## 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 CHI03FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA219), Jul 21, 2003: Piper PA-28-235 (N33774), Jackson, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional flight into terrain as an act of suicide.

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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