# NTSB ATL82AA019: Piper Advcd PAT-1, N15PT, Mathews, VA, November 19, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 19, 1981
- Place: Mathews, VA · MATHEWS, VA
- Location: 37.4433° N, 76.3277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mathews, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4433&lon=-76.3277&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1984
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122746
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82AA019
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82AA019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3666  81/11/19 NR.MATHEWS,VA         PIPER ADVCD PAT-1   CR-  3  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1084
        TIME - 1115                    N15PT               PX-  0  0  0  DEMONSTRATION             TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LANGLEY AFB,VA              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- DEMO FLT BY MFGR FOR NASA.1/3-SCALE TESTS INDCD UNDSRBL STALL/POST STALL CHARCS,AFT CG CONDS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N15PT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15PT-1984-12-11), registration cancelled 1984-12-11, S/N 1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER ADVCD PAT-1
- Registry model: [Piper Advanced Technology PAT-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-advanced-technology-pat-1) (registry code 0566183) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19811119078759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811119078759A), Nov 19, 1981: Pat PAT1, Matthews, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Indicates structural failure prior to crash. Had bad stall characteristics. Fuel leak in wing had melted fiberglass

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.

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