# Accident 19880701024779A: Piper PA32301, Uniontown, AL, July 1, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1988, 07:07 local time
- Place: Uniontown, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4466° N, 87.4873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Uniontown, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4466&lon=-87.4873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8324V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8324V-1989-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,098 total, 194 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88FA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880701024779A

## Narrative

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

APPEARS PILOT LOST CONTROL IN AREA OF RAIN AND TURBULENCE. ENTERED SPIRAL DIVE, EXCEEDED DESIGN LOAD. LOST A WING.

## 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 ATL88FA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA207), Jul 1, 1988: Piper PA-32 (N8324V), Uniontown, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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