# Accident 19880205001909A: Piper PA28181, Roswell, NM, February 5, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1988, 14:58 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Airport: Roswell Industrial Air Center
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8471F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8471F-1991-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880205001909A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES VFR PILOT FLEW INTO SNOW SHOWERS AND FOG UNDER 600 FT AGL LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED AT A HIGH VELOCITY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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