# Accident 19880730056169A: Piper PA39, Margaretville, NY, July 30, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1988, 20:45 local time
- Place: Margaretville, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1400° N, 74.6496° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1400&lon=-74.6496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2875A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2875A-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-39 (registry code 7103902, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA39
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,223 total, 1,025 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880730056169A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC88FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA248), Jul 31, 1988: Piper PA-39-30 (N2875A), Margaretville, NY, destroyed, 2 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.