# Accident 19881119053149A: Piper PA31350, Union City, TN, November 19, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1988, 18:15 local time
- Place: Union City, TN
- Airport: Everett Stewart Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4199° N, 89.0491° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4199&lon=-89.0491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27947, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27947-1990-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,742 total, 835 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881119053149A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO FLARE FOR LANDING AND ALIGN WITH RUNWAY. LEFT MAIN HIT OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED. HEAVY RAIN AREA.

## 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 ATL89LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA042), Nov 20, 1988: Piper PA-31-350 (N27947), Union City, TN, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.