- Date
- April 17, 1988
- Place
- Missing
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N98070Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7922
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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.
Missing aircraft
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Analysis
The airplane and pilot reportedly departed moncks corner, SC sometime between 1900 and 2000 EDT on 4/17/88. The airplane was subsequently reported Missing, and search efforts were conducted between 4/20/88 and 4/29/88. Aircraft damage and injury index are presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98070
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26022
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Withers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 50J · Moncks Corner, SC
- Airport
- 50J · Berkley County
N98070Registration cancelled Jul 1, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 3,450 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported