# Accident 19880507012999A: Piper PA28140, Guatay, CA, May 7, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1988, 07:45 local time
- Place: Guatay, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8489° N, 116.5572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Guatay, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8489&lon=-116.5572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4367J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4367J-1989-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 299 total, 299 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507012999A

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX88FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA176), May 7, 1988: Piper PA-28-140 (N4367J), Guatay, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTIAN VFR WHILE FLYING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

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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