19880507012999A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Guatay, CA · May 7, 1988

Date
May 7, 1988 · 07:45 local
Place
Guatay, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4367J
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88FA176
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
299 total299 in this make and model8 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.

Continued flight into IMC and struck the side of a cloud obscured mountain. Was observed flying low over a highway.

As the FAA filed it

CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO IMC AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN. WAS OBSERVED FLYING LOW OVER A HIGHWAY.

NTSB investigation

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