# Accident 19871119066589A: Piper PA32R301T, Fayetteville, AR, November 19, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1987, 19:36 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Airport: Drake Fld
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0697° N, 94.1491° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0697&lon=-94.1491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3578G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3578G-1989-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC88FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871119066589A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF A TREE COVERED HILL AT NIGHT WHILE CIRCLING TO LAND. OBVIOUSLY AT AN UNSAFE ALTITUDE.

## 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 MKC88FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA019), Nov 20, 1987: Piper PA-32R (N3578G), Fayetteville, AR, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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