# Accident 20100110026079A: Piper PA-32-300, Honolulu, HI, January 10, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2010, 13:45 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3258° N, 157.7661° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3258&lon=-157.7661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8934N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8934N-2017-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100110026079A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 10, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00 HST, N8934N DEPARTED LANAI CITY ENROUTE TO THE HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  ATC RECORDING REVEALED THAT THE PILOT OF N8934N WAS AT TIMES UNABLE TO SEE THE ISLAND OF OAHU AND WAS NOT ORIENTATED WITH HIS LOCATION.  AT APPROXIMATELY 13:44 HST, N8934N ANNOUNCED AN INCORRECT POSITION AND AFTER BEING INFORMED OF HIS LOCATION BY ATC, N8934N REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE AIRPORT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 13:45 HST, N8934N IMPACTS THE EARTH.  2 FATALITES.  THE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR10FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA107), Jan 10, 2010: Piper PA-32-300 (N8934N), Honolulu, HI, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions at an altitude insufficient to ensure adequate terrain clearance. Contributing to the accident was the air traffic…

## Other reports on N8934N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760303006429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760303006429A), Mar 3, 1976: Piper PA32300 (N8934N), Lihue, HI, Substantial damage. Acft t/d 3 times,nose gr failed. No malf fnd.

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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