# Accident 20040418017689A: Piper PA28161, Holoaloa, HI, April 18, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2004, 16:45 local time
- Place: Holoaloa, HI
- Airport: Kona International At Keahole
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OVFA
- Location: 19.2000° N, 155.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.2000&lon=-155.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8198A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8198A-2009-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,254 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040418017689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON A PART 135 TOUR OPERATION AT 1620 FROM THE KONA AIRPORT, KONA, HI WITH THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS. THIS WAS THE FIRST PART 135 FLIGHT FOR THE PILOT AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING A PART 135 CHECKRIDE ON APRIL 15, 2004. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY ABOVE IT ALL AND WAS ON THE "CIRCLE THE ISLAND" TOUR. AT 1646 THE PILOT MADE A CELL PHONE CALL TO 911 REPORTING THAT THEY HAD CRASHED. THE LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY SEARCH AND RESCUE UNITS WERE DISPATCHED. A COAST GUARD SEARCH AND RESCUE HELICOPTER LOCATED THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS APPROXIMATELY 5 AND 1/2 HOURS LATER AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 LAX04FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA190), Apr 19, 2004: Piper PA 28-161 (N8198A), Holoaloa, HI, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions that resulted in an in-flight collision with mountainous terrain. Factors in the accident were rising terrain, low clouds and rain, and…

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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