# Accident 19880604017799A: Piper PA28180, Rock Springs, WY, June 4, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1988, 11:50 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5903° N, 109.2200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5903&lon=-109.2200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9728J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9728J-1991-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 182 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880604017799A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO RETURN DUE TO ROUGH ENGINE AND POSSIBLE RPM LOSS. CAUGHT A WING TURNING LOW FINAL. CRASHED. BAD MAGNETOES.

## 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 DEN88FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA121), Jun 4, 1988: Piper PA-28-180 (N9728J), Rock Springs, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N9728J (1)

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

- [Incident 19810201013839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810201013839I), Feb 1, 1981: Piper PA28180 (N9728J), Cheyenne, WY, Minor damage. During taxi aircraft slid on ice patch off taxiway and damaged propellor.

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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