19881119051419A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Holly Springs, MS · November 19, 1988

Date
November 19, 1988 · 18:38 local
Place
Holly Springs, MS
Airport
Holly Springs-Marshall County
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4908F
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA89LA039
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
454 total74 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

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.

Alternator quit. Struck trees on night visual landing. Blamed windshear on final put aircraft in trees.

As the FAA filed it

ALTERNATOR QUIT. STRUCK TREES ON NIGHT VISUAL LANDING. BLAMED WINDSHEAR ON FINAL PUT AIRCRAFT IN TREES.

NTSB investigation

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