19880627024139A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28RT-201T · Capitan, NM · June 27, 1988

Date
June 27, 1988 · 09:36 local
Place
Capitan, NM
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N29318
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN88FA141
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total40 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.

Was advised of low ceiling and thunderstorms en route. Went anyway and flew into trees on a cloud obscured mountain

As the FAA filed it

WAS ADVISED OF LOW CEILING AND THUNDERSTORMS EN ROUTE. WENT ANYWAY AND FLEW INTO TREES ON A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N29318 · 1

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