# Accident 19880529016229A: Piper STCPA28, Pinecrest, CA, May 29, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1988, 07:00 local time
- Place: Pinecrest, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2800° N, 119.8209° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2800&lon=-119.8209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1259T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1259T-1992-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER STCPA28
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,150 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880529016229A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES ON CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAINSIDE. HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS IN AREA. WAS FOLLOWING HIGHWAY TO MOUNTAIN PASS.

## 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 LAX88FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA197), May 29, 1988: Piper PA-28-140 (N1259T), Pinecrest, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: PILOTS DECISION TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT THROUGH A MOUNTAIN AREA AFTER ENCOUNTERING INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

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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