# Accident 19880627024139A: Piper PA28RT201T, Capitan, NM, June 27, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1988, 09:36 local time
- Place: Capitan, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5392° N, 105.5982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Capitan, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5392&lon=-105.5982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29318, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29318-2015-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360FB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880627024139A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 DEN88FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA141), Jun 27, 1988: Piper PA-28RT-201T (N29318), Capitan, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N29318 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820710047219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820710047219I), Jul 10, 1982: Piper PA28RT201T (N29318), Midland, TX, Minor damage. On climb to cruise, noise in engine, lost oil pressure and power loss. After landing found metal and rubber in oil

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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