Accident: Piper PA28R
Mar 19, 2020 · Pleasant Plain, OH
NTSB numberCEN20LA127Event id20200319X90956
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot’s encounter with convective turbulence and low-level wind shear in dark night instrument meteorological conditions that resulted in spatial disorientation and the loss of airplane control.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28R
- Registration
- N3943T
- Year built
- 1967
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-IFR initial approach Loss of control in flight
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Wilmington Airpark (ILN)17 nm (31 km) north-east
- Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)18 nm (34 km) south-west
- Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport (MGY)19 nm (34 km) north
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