- Date
- July 1, 1988, 07:07 local (12:07 UTC)
- Place
- Uniontown, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8324VPiper PA-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880701024779A
- Case key
- 7613
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
In-flight briefing service - not obtainedFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Weather condition - thunderstorm,level iiiCause
Wing - overload
Wing - separation
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
Weather evaluation - inadequateFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8324V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8106037
- Airframe hours
- 1,223
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph W. Belanger
- Registered owner
- J.W. Belanger/J. Michael
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 20, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 15A · Mobile, AL
- Destination
- DCU · Decatur, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,098 total · 194 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCL, 40 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.