- Date
- January 18, 1988, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Barnardsville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55WPPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880118000599A
- Case key
- 7582
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55WP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7635356
- Airframe hours
- 2,536
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Conservair Inc., doing business as General Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- B & C Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 15, 1987 · 165 hours before
- Departed
- TCL · Tuscaloosa, AL
- Destination
- RDU · Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
N55WPRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 1988 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 970 total · 54 in this make and model · 387 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVL, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.