# Accident 19880827035319A: Piper PA28R201, Willimantic, CT, August 27, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1988, 22:24 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7440° N, 72.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDHAM (IJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7440&lon=-72.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3478M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3478M-2012-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 97 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880827035319A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC88FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA229), Aug 28, 1988: Piper PA-28R-201 (N3478M), Pomfret, CT, destroyed, 4 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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