# Accident 20030805021869A: Piper PA28180, Clark Field, MN, August 5, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2003, 16:45 local time
- Place: Clark Field, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8600° N, 95.7928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8600&lon=-95.7928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4577T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4577T-2013-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,728 total, 1,728 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030805021869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM KARL STEFAN MEMORIAL AIRPORT, NEAR NORFOLK NEBRASKA, TO MONTEVIDEO (MVE) MINNESOTA. HIS FLIGHT PLAN WAS VFR. VISUAL TO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AT 1645 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FROM HIS PLANNED DESTINATION. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CHI03FA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA246), Aug 5, 2003: Piper PA-28-180 (N4577T), Clarkfield, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from terrain and his continued VFR flight into IMC during cruise flight. A factor was the low ceilings.

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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