# Accident 20070906829829A: Piper PA28140, Syria, VA, September 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2007, 20:32 local time
- Place: Syria, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4703° N, 78.3986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4703&lon=-78.3986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6493W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6493W-2010-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070906829829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENROUTE TO WINCHESTER, VA (KOKV) THE PILOT TURNED TO A HEADING AWAY FROM THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT AND WAS QUERIED BY ATC. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED A TURN BACK TOWARDS KOKV AND WAS ADVISED BY ATC THAT HE WAS BELOW MINIMUM VECTORING ALTITUDE AND THAT THERE WAS TERRAIN TO HIS LEFT. HE CONTINUED TURN AND IMPACTED THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE.

## 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 NYC07FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA217), Sep 7, 2007: Piper PA-28-140 (N6493W), Syria, VA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the 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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