Piper PA-22-150 N3863P

Summary

On 20 September 1988 at about 15:30 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N3863P was involved in an accident near Curtin, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 September 1988 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Curtin, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N3863P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montaque → Cottage Grove

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN88FA213

2 people died.

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

ON 9/20/88, THE PLT & HIS WIFE DEPD MONTAQUE, CA, ON A FLT TO SILVERDALE, WA, WITH A PLANNED REFUELING STOP AT COTTAGE GROVE, OR. WHEN THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE, A SEARCH WAS MADE, BUT TO NO AVAIL. ON 1/24/90, A TREE PLANTING CREW FOUND THE ACFT, WHERE IT HAD HIT TREES & CRASHED ON WOODED/HILLY TERRAIN. THE PLANE WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED BY IMPACT & FIRE. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OF THE ACFT OR ENG WAS FOUND. ABOUT 25 MI NORTH AT EUGENE, OR, THE 0809 WX WAS: PARTIALLY OBSCURED, 300' OVERCAST, VISIBILILTY 1-1/2 MI WITH FOG. NO RECORD WAS FOUND OF A PREFLT WEATHER BRIEFING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.