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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Jamestown, NY · April 29, 1988

Date
April 29, 1988 · 23:08 local
Place
Jamestown, NY
Airport
Chautauqua County
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5688V
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88LA132
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
376 total31 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Departed into icing conditions,became ill on IFR approach to nearest airport. Ran out of fuel crashed into trees.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTED INTO ICING CONDITIONS,BECAME ILL ON IFR APPROACH TO NEAREST AIRPORT. RAN OUT OF FUEL CRASHED INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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