19881209063599I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Hana, HI · December 9, 1988

Date
December 9, 1988 · 19:55 local
Place
Hana, HI
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N777VC
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

50 Miles off course on ferry flight. Navigating with loran. Coverage not always available in area.

As the FAA filed it

50 MILES OFF COURSE ON FERRY FLIGHT. NAVIGATING WITH LORAN. COVERAGE NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE IN AREA.