19880730056169A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-39 · Margaretville, NY · July 30, 1988

Date
July 30, 1988 · 20:45 local
Place
Margaretville, NY
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2875A
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88FA248
Reported as
Piper PA39
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,223 total1,025 in this make and model29 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.

Flew into side of a mountain at night in level flight. Impacted a 3300 foot mountain in area of 4000 foot mountains

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN AT NIGHT IN LEVEL FLIGHT. IMPACTED A 3300 FOOT MOUNTAIN IN AREA OF 4000 FOOT MOUNTAINS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.