44.7593° N, 119.6444° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Kimberly, OR, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 9, 1990 · 14:47 local
Place
Kimberly, OR
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7WS
Reported as
Piper PA31T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total50 in this make and model60 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.
Aircraft encountered turbulence. Auto pilot disconnected and aircraft climbed before manual recovery excuted.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. AUTO PILOT DISCONNECTED AND AIRCRAFT CLIMBED BEFORE MANUAL RECOVERY EXCUTED.