# Accident 19981018029669A: Piper PA28235, Buffalo, WY, October 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1998, 19:05 local time
- Place: Buffalo, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3404° N, 106.7102° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3404&lon=-106.7102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8537N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8537N-2003-12-12) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 788 total, 31 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981018029669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN FILED A FLIGHT PLAN WITH HURON AFSS FROM MOBRIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA DIRECT TO BILLINGS, MONTANA. HIS INTENDED FLIGHT ROUTE DID NOT ENTER WYOMING. HE WAS GIVEN NOTAMS FOR THE INTENDED ROUTE OF FLIGHT. PILOT DID NOT FOLLOW FLIGHT PLAN FOR UNKNOWN REASON(S). HE WAS UNABLE TO RECEIVE SHR OR CZI VORS. CRAZY WOMAN VOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE DURING THIS TIME AND A NOTAM WAS ISSUED. SHERIDAN VOR WAS IN SERVICE. AIRCRAFT STRUCK RAPID RISING TERRAIN PRIOR TO DENVER FLIGHT WATCH LOCATING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 110 STATUE MILES SOUTH OF INTENDED ROUTE OF FLIGHT.

## 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 DEN99FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA012), Oct 19, 1998: Piper PA-28-235 (N8537N), Buffalo, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot's initiated flight into adverse weather conditions and inadvertently flew into IMC weather conditions. Factors were the low ceiling weather conditions, the dark night…

## Other reports on N8537N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930107006439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930107006439I), Jan 7, 1993: Piper PA28235 (N8537N), Yuma, AZ, Minor damage. Lost power after takeoff. Attempted to return. Landed short of runway.

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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