# Accident 19880926040539A: Piper PA28181, Keene, NH, September 26, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1988, 14:18 local time
- Place: Keene, NH
- Airport: Dillant-Hopkins
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IGUA
- Location: 42.8984° N, 72.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DILLANT/HOPKINS (EEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8984&lon=-72.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8289T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8289T-1991-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 30 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880926040539A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR DESTINATION. TRYING TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD, CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC88LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA243), Sep 26, 1988: Piper PA-28-181 (N8289T), Keene, NH, destroyed

## Other reports on N8289T (1)

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

- [Incident 19810701054539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810701054539I), Jul 1, 1981: Piper PA28181 (N8289T), Showlow, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft struck unmarked metal milk case during parking operation.

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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