- Date
- June 27, 1988, 09:36 local (15:36 UTC)
- Place
- Capitan, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29318Piper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880627024139A
- Case key
- 17379
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.
In flight encounter with weather
Operation with known deficiencies in equipment - intentional
Flight into known adverse weather - initiatedFactor
Self-induced pressureFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - obscurationFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - thunderstorm
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Terrain condition - risingFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29318
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7931196
- Airframe hours
- 1,214
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Midland Big Chief Supply, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Midland Big Chief Supply Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1988 · 103 hours before
- Departed
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Destination
- MAF · Midland, TX
N29318Registration cancelled Apr 24, 2015 · Piper PA-28RT-201TAirframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.