# NTSB ATL88FA081: Piper PA-28R-200, N55WP, Barnardsville, NC, January 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1988, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Barnardsville, NC
- Location: 35.7819° N, 82.4555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barnardsville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7819&lon=-82.4555&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88FA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7582/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA081

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, descent
  - design stress limits of aircraft - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55WP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55WP-1988-01-18), registration cancelled 1988-01-18, S/N 28R-7635356, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-7635356
- Airframe hours: 2536
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880118000599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880118000599A), Jan 18, 1988: Piper PA28R200, Barnardsville, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Plane broke up in flight. Was seen to pitch up vertical. Pilot report trim problem but none verified post accident.

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.

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