- Date
- November 26, 1988, 13:17 local (18:17 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N98369Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881126052229A
- Case key
- 7864
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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.
Analysis
PIC & wife flew to local residential area to photograph a house. The acft was flown in the vicinity of the accident for about 30 minutes. Radar data displayed the acft in a level left turn at 2300 feet (1700 AGL) for about 50 seconds when contact was abruptly lost. Witnesses also reported the airplane in a left circle when the bank steepened, the nose dropped, and it descended steeply until impact with the ground. Examination of the acft revealed the engine was operating at impact & witnesses rpted strong engine sounds during the descent. PIC rpted on his last medical request that he used ritalin occasionally for drowsiness. Tox exam showed presence of therapeutic level of drug in the PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98369
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26193
- Airframe hours
- 4,756
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cherokee Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Cherokee Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1988 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- 8A6 · Charlotte, NC
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 264 total · 248 in this make and model · 233 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.