# Accident 19880908038489A: Piper PA24400, Gasquet, CA, September 8, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1988, 18:45 local time
- Place: Gasquet, CA
- Airport: Ward Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8392° N, 123.8507° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8392&lon=-123.8507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8541P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8541P-2024-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA88LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880908038489A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LAND AT DESTINATION,DIVERTED TO CANYON STRIP. BLINDED BY SUN ON FINAL,CLIPPED TREE.DIVERTED TO MEDFORD,OR

## 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 SEA88LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA174), Sep 9, 1988: Piper PA-24-400 (N8541P), Gasquet, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8541P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20221231019499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221231019499I), Dec 31, 2022: Piper PA-24-400 (N8541P), Hays, KS, Minor damage. On 12/31/2022, at approximately 5:35 pm (CST), [privacy data omitted], a single-engine Piper PA-24-400 (sn 26-122) operating a 14 CFR part 91 flight, landed on…

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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