Piper PA-28R N47988
11 August 1980 · Lovington, New Mexico, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 11 August 1980 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N47988, operated by Marshall AVN, was involved in an accident during in flight near Lovington, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lovington, New Mexico, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R
- Registration
- N47988
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Marshall AVN
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Hobbs, Nm → Roswell, Nm
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-2298
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
CRASHED IN ISOLATED UNLIT AREA AT NIGHT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Aug 1980 | Piper PA-28R | Carroll, Iowa, United States | Thorsen Aviati | Fatal | 3 |
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| 28 Nov 1980 | Piper PA-28R | Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Clinton, Maryland, United States | Andrews Aero C | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 1980 | Cessna 150 | Colusa, California, United States | Sky View Aviat | No injuries | - |