# Accident 19881102050079A: Piper PA60601, Houston, TX, November 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1988, 03:02 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GXXA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60819, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60819-1990-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 7106010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,887 total, 190 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881102050079A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINE IN DENSE FOG AT NIGHT AND CRASHED INTO TREES. HAD DESCENDED BELOW GLIDE SLOPE.

## 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 FTW89FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA012), Nov 2, 1988: Piper 601B (N60819), Houston, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT'S DECISION TO FLY THE APPROACH VISUALLY WITH OUTSIDE REFERENCE TO THE LIGHTS AND INADVERTENTLY DESCENDING BELOW THE DECISION HEIGHT OFF THE PROPER GLIDE PATH.

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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