Accident · 1992-04-12

NTSB case NYC92FA078 · PIPER PA-28R-200 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-04-12
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-28R-200 (N16540)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: DRAGON RIDER CORP Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): DRAGON RIDER CORP

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S DECISION TO ATTEMPT VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND THE SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF AIRPLANE CONTROL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S LACK OF AN INSTRUMENT RATING, AND HIS DISREGARD OF FORCASTED ADVERSE WEATHER ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT.

Source: NTSB case NYC92FA078

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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