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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Mangum, OK · March 8, 1992

Date
March 8, 1992 · 01:42 local
Place
Mangum, OK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8287W
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW92LA084
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A3A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
326 total10 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Descended at night into ground while manuevering without lights. Crashed in pasture. VFR conditions.

As the FAA filed it

DESCENDED AT NIGHT INTO GROUND WHILE MANUEVERING WITHOUT LIGHTS. CRASHED IN PASTURE. VFR CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.