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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Namer F51D · State College, PA · March 7, 1988

Date
March 7, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place
State College, PA
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N51WE
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88DGT01
Reported as
Namer F51D
Reported engine
PCKARD V16507
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Two aircraft formation flight into clouds. One crashed cloud obscured hill. Fouled plug. Weather related.

As the FAA filed it

TWO AIRCRAFT FORMATION FLIGHT INTO CLOUDS. ONE CRASHED CLOUD OBSCURED HILL. FOULED PLUG. WEATHER RELATED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.