# Incident 19880326021379I: Piper PA28235, San Antonio, TX, March 26, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1988, 18:50 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9145W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9145W-2010-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880326021379I

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT ENTERED CLOUDS AND ASKED ATC FOR ASSISTANCE TO DESCEND TO VFR CONDITIONS. PILOT WEATHER BRIEFED.

## Other reports on N9145W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810526039389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810526039389I), May 26, 1981: Piper PA28235 (N9145W), Denton, TX, Minor damage. Student solo lost directional control after landing during touch and go and ground looped. No malfunction found.

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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