# Accident 20171112019109A: Piper PA-32-260, Foutain Run, KY, November 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2017, 13:03 local time
- Place: Foutain Run, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7733° N, 85.9922° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7733&lon=-85.9922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3371W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3371W-2018-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 251 total, 251 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171112019109A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT INTO IFR CONDITIONS.  POSSIBLE SPATIAL DISOREINTATION.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ITS STRUCTURAL ENVELOPE AND BEGAN INFLIGHT BREAKING UP, CRASHING INTO FORESTED AREA.

-PILOT AND THREE PAX FATAL

-NO POST EVENT FIRE

## 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 ERA18FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA022), Nov 12, 2017: Piper PA32 (N3371W), Fountain Run, KY, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's intentional visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to…

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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