19880827035319A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Willimantic, CT · August 27, 1988

Date
August 27, 1988 · 22:24 local
Place
Willimantic, CT
Airport
Windham Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3478M
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88FA229
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
122 total97 in this make and model19 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.

Lost control in clouds, fog and haze at night while descending with vectors to airport. Near vertical tree impact.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL IN CLOUDS, FOG AND HAZE AT NIGHT WHILE DESCENDING WITH VECTORS TO AIRPORT. NEAR VERTICAL TREE IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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