- Date
- September 7, 1988, 21:25 local (Sep 8, 1988, 04:25 UTC)
- Place
- Camarillo, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8743WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880907038409A
- Case key
- 25862
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Probable cause
The pilot decided to operate the aircraft with a known electrical deficiency during night instrument meteorlogical conditions and the decision of the pilot to conduct a flight operation in which he was not certified. Contributing to this accident was the pilots lack of instrument flight experience.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8743W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10283
- Airframe hours
- 2,982
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond Garrett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1988 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- CMA · Camarillo, CA
- Destination
- Q40 · Elk Grove, CA
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 343 total · 185 in this make and model · 343 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OXR, 6 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.
Other investigations on N8743W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.