# Accident 19880417043709A: Piper PA28R200, Pintura, UT, April 17, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1988, 13:53 local time
- Place: Pintura, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3408° N, 113.2741° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pintura, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3408&lon=-113.2741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2738R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2738R-2011-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,329 total, 1,049 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880417043709A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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

## Other reports on N2738R (1)

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

- [Incident 19800101011139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800101011139I), Jan 1, 1980: Piper PA28R200 (N2738R), Sundance, WY, Minor damage. Student crashed off runway while practicing touch and goes.

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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