# Accident 20191221019799A: Piper PA-28-140, Evansville, IN, December 21, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2019, 15:16 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0958° N, 87.5406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0958&lon=-87.5406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601FL-2021-10-30) (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 PA-28-140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191221019799A

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT DEPARTED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FROM THE EVANSVILLE INDIANA AIRPORT (KEVV), EVANSVILLE, INDIANA  AT 2022Z ON DECEMBER 21, 2019. A PLANNED 59 MILE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO CRAWFORD CO AIRPORT (KRSV), ROBINSON, ILLINOIS, WAS INITIATED.  THE FLIGHT OPERATED UNDER PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE IN CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN AIRPLANE INSTRUMENT RATING.

DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS PROVIDED. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PILOT DURING DEPARTURE, ENROUTE, AND ARRIVAL PHASES BACK TO KEVV.

THE PILOT REQUESTED A RETURN TO KEVV FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES SOUTH OF HIS DESTINATION. AT 2109Z THE FLIGHT CONTACTED THE KEVV CONTROL TOWER FOR A LANDING CLEARANCE AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18. AT 2114Z THE LAST RADAR RETURN WAS OBSERVED WITH THE AIRCRAFT THREE MILES NORTH OF RUNWAY 18, ON COURSE AT 1000 FEET AND SHOWING 90 KNOTS.

THE ACCIDENT SCENE WAS LOCATED TWO MILES NORTH OF RUNWAY 18 AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURIED.

THE PILOT HELD A VALID BASIC  MEDICAL CERTIFICATE BASED ON HIS INDIANA DRIVERS LICENSE AND MET ALL REQUIREMENTS TO OPERATE AS A PRIVATE PILOT.

LOGBOOK ENTRIES SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT MET ALL STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTIONS.

THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED IF ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT OR MEDICAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

PTRS: GL11202000743

## 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 CEN20FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA038), Dec 21, 2019: Piper PA28 (N601FL), Evansville, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane.

## Other reports on N601FL (1)

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

- [Incident 20080712847339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080712847339I), Jul 12, 2008: Piper PA28140 (N601FL), Boonville, IN, Minor damage. (-23) During VFR weather conditions on 07/12/08 at 1530 hr. Local time N601FL piloted [privacy data omitted] overran runway at Boonville, Indiana airport…

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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