- Date
- November 5, 1988, 01:10 local (06:10 UTC)
- Place
- Monoghan, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91036Cessna 207
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881105049399A
- Case key
- 36256
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.
Analysis
Evidence indicates that the airplane flew straight into the side of a 1320 ft mountain at the 1280 ft level. The recommended minimum flight altitude for this designated mountainous area, at night, is 3500 ft. there was no evidence of any mechanical problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91036
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 00026
- Airframe hours
- 6,100
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Carroll Air Inc, doing business as Same
- Registered owner
- Carroll Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 1988 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- N17 · Endicott, NY
- Destination
- THV · Thomasville, PA
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HAR, 7 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.