# Accident 20100613037079A: Piper PA-28-181, Empire, AR, June 13, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2010, 09:30 local time
- Place: Empire, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2500° N, 94.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2500&lon=-94.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6076H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6076H-2011-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 155 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA316) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100613037079A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 13, 2010, AT 0930 CST, A PIPER PA28-181, N6076H, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DBA, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT LOST LEFT WING WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WITH FOUR FATALITIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DEQUEEN, ARKANSAS, ON JUNE 13, 2010, AT 0915 CST.

## 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 CEN10FA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA316), Jun 13, 2010: Piper PA-28-181 (N6076H), Umpire, AR, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation.

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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