# Accident 19881028048539A: Piper PA34200, Ocean City, MD, October 28, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1988, 20:40 local time
- Place: Ocean City, MD
- Airport: Ocean City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3492° N, 75.1298° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3492&lon=-75.1298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N666RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N666RW-1989-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO89FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881028048539A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED LOW OVER OCEAN OFFSHORE. DESCEND INTO WATER DURING A TURN. DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS. NO MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

## 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 BFO89FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA004), Oct 29, 1988: Piper PA-34-200 (N666RW), Ocean City, MD, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE ABOVE THE TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE INATTENTION TO ALTITUDE AND DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS OVER ILLUSIONARY PRODUCING FEATURELESS WATER.

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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