# Accident 19880907038409A: Piper PA28235, Camarillo, CA, September 7, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1988, 21:25 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2138° N, 119.0944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMARILLO (CMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2138&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8743W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8743W-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 343 total, 185 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880907038409A

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF INTO IMC LOST CONTROL CRASHED AND BURNED ON CLIMBOUT. AIRCRAFT GENERATOR OUT DEAD BATTERY.USED FLASH LIGHT

## 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 LAX88FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA312), Sep 8, 1988: Piper PA-28-235 (N8743W), Camarillo, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT DECIDED TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT WITH A KNOWN ELECTRICAL DEFICIENCY DURING NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND THE DECISION OF THE PILOT TO CONDUCT A FLIGHT OPERATION IN WHICH HE…

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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