Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28-140 N7548R

1 October 1988 · North Fork, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 October 1988 at about 13:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N7548R was involved in an accident near North Fork, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 13:30
Classification
Accident
Location
North Fork, Idaho, United States
Coordinates
45.4102, -114.0509
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-140
Registration
N7548R
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Salmon → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Dawn
NTSB number
SEA89LA005

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT INTO A BOX CANYON AT DAWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED HEAVILY WOODED TERRAIN AT A SLOW AIRSPEED AT 8,000 FEET MSL ABOUT 50 YARDS SHORT OF THE CREST.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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