# Accident 19881221057319A: Piper PA24250, Truth Or Conseq, NM, December 21, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1988, 10:05 local time
- Place: Truth Or Conseq, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1752° N, 107.2250° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1752&lon=-107.2250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751SP-1989-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 628 total, 600 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881221057319A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CIRCLING LOW OVER WATER NEAR PILOTS HOME A WING HIT THE WATER. AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED BROKE UP AND SANK.

## 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 DEN89FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA045), Dec 21, 1988: Piper PA-24-250 (N751SP), Elephant Butte, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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