ERA27FA029

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28-180 · Hamburg, IA · November 3, 2026

Accident · FatalClass 3 · FieldInvestigation open
Date
November 2, 2026, 19:39 local (Nov 3, 2026, 01:39 UTC)
Place
Hamburg, IA
Injuries
2 fatal
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N9342JPiper PA-28-180
Defining event
Enroute: Loss of control in flight
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Night
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Case key
204104

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Sequence of events

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Aircraft

Registration
N9342J
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Flight
Part 91
Operator
Deschepper Sandra K
Registered owner
Deschepper Sandra K

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Night
Wind
170° at 8 knots
Observed at
8 nm away

Other investigations on N9342J · 1

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