# Accident 19901009044429A: Piper PA28235, Redlands, CA, October 9, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1990, 17:25 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Redlands Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0006° N, 117.1198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0006&lon=-117.1198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8876W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8876W-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901009044429A

## Narrative

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

FIRE SMOKE IN FLIGHT. CRASHED BURNED SHORT OF RUNWAY. NO DETERMINATION OF SOURCE OR ORIGIN OF FIRE COULD BE MADE.

## 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 LAX91FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA005), Oct 10, 1990: Piper PA-28-235 (N8876W), Redlands, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION AS A RESULT OF A FUEL SYSTEM LEAK OF AN UNDETERMINED ORIGIN.

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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