19881026048239A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA 31P 350 · Redlands, CA · October 26, 1988

Date
October 26, 1988 · 19:00 local
Place
Redlands, CA
Airport
Redlands Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N79HW
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89FA025
Reported as
Piper PA31P350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540V2AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total200 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Flew into rising terrain at night in fog on a special VFR from ILS at norton afb to the Redlands airport.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN AT NIGHT IN FOG ON A SPECIAL VFR FROM ILS AT NORTON AFB TO THE REDLANDS AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

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