# Accident 20181109017109A: Piper PA-28-236, Guthrie Center, IA, November 9, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2018, 17:45 local time
- Place: Guthrie Center, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6203° N, 94.5219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6203&lon=-94.5219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91770, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91770-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (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-28-236
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,140 total, 9 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181109017109A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO OSCEOLA,IOWA. DES MOINES,IOWA ATC REPORTED THEY WERE IN CONTACT (THROUGH OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE DSM AIRSPACE)WITH THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT,THE STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS OCCUPYING THE RIGHT HAND SEAT STATED THAT THEIR PILOT HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND HE WOULD BE ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A COW PASTURE HILLSIDE ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUTHRIE CENTER, IOWA. THE AUTOPSIES  WERE PERFORMED ON 11/12/2018 WITH THE NTSB PRESENT,SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE WERE FOUND IN PILOT'S AND STUDENT PILOT'S BODIES.

## 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 WPR19FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA022), Nov 9, 2018: Piper PA28 (N91770), Guthrie Center, IA, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: Pilot incapacitation due to carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of an undetected crack in an engine exhaust muffler, which permitted entry of exhaust gasses into the cabin via the cabin heat system.

## Other reports on N91770 (1)

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

- [Incident 20100421035549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100421035549I), Apr 21, 2010: Piper PA-28-236 (N91770), Vidalia, GA, Substantial damage. Mr. Eric damian burch a non rated individual , while taxing the aircraft to refuel it for the owner lost control of the aircraft and taxied into a ditch. This…

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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