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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Pintura, UT · April 17, 1988

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Date: April 17, 1988 · 13:53 local
Place: Pintura, UT
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2738R
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 3
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,329 total1,049 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N2738RRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2011 · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-35278 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Flew into trees on a cloud obscured mountainside. No record of weather briefing. Was observed low over a highway.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO TREES ON A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAINSIDE. NO RECORD OF WEATHER BRIEFING. WAS OBSERVED LOW OVER A HIGHWAY.

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