19881020046969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper STCPA60 · Laketown, UT · October 20, 1988

Date
October 20, 1988 · 15:30 local
Place
Laketown, UT
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6069U
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN89FA020
Reported as
Piper STCPA60
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540S1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
12,150 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was seen to dive into a lake at a high speed. Autopsy shows pilot had coronary arteriosclerosis.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN TO DIVE INTO A LAKE AT A HIGH SPEED. AUTOPSY SHOWS PILOT HAD CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS.

NTSB investigation

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