Piper PA-32RT-300T N36815
16 April 1988 · Port Angeles, Washington, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 16 April 1988 at about 12:45 local time, a Piper PA-32RT-300T registered N36815, operated by James Stanley Bell, was involved in an accident near Port Angeles, Washington, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Port Angeles, Washington, United States
- Nearest airport
- Fairchild (CLM)
- Coordinates
- 47.9901, -123.2494
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32RT-300T
- Registration
- N36815
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- James Stanley Bell
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Olympia → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- SEA88FA078
People
3 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 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
DRG ARR, THE FLT WAS HANDED OFF TO WHIDBEY ISLAND APCH CTL AT WHIDBEY ISLAND (NUW) NAVAL AIR STN (NAS). NUW WAS 35 MI NE OF THE DESTN (FAIRCHILD INTL ARPT/CLM), AT PORT ANGELES, WHICH HAD NO OPERG CTL TWR. THE PLT WAS GIVEN THE NUW WX, WHICH WAS 400 SCAT, ESTD 2600' OVC, VIS 6 MI WITH FOG. THE FLT WAS VECTORED TOWARD CLM & WAS CLRD TO DSCND TO THE MIN VECTORING ALT OF 1000' MSL OVER THE STRAITS OF JUAN DE FUCA. THE PLT RPRTD THE ARPT BEACON IN SIGHT & CANCELLED HIS IFR CLNC. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO FLY OVER THE ARPT AT LOW ALT ON A SW HEADING. THE UNICOM OPERATOR ASKED THE PLT FOR A CEILING RPRT, BUT THE PLT REPLIED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CEILING DUE TO FOG. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHEDON RISING TERRAIN ABOUT 2 MI SSW OF THE ARPT, WHILE IN A LEVEL TURN AT AN ELEV OF 1300'. THE 0505 PDT WX AT CLM WAS ESTD 500' BRKN, 4000' OVC, VIS 6 MI WITH FOG. THE CTLR RPRTD THAT ON INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE FLT, THE 0505 WX FOR CLM WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE ON HIS WX VISION SCREEN. THE ARPT ELEV AT CLM WAS 290'.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-32RT accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Aug 1988 | Piper PA-32RT-300 | Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, United States | Laverne M. Goodreau | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Aug 1988 | Piper PA-32RT-300 | Edna, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 May 1988 | Piper PA 32RT-300T | Santa Ynes, Mexico | American Sprinkler System Comp | No injuries | - |
| 10 Feb 1988 | Piper PA-32RT-300T | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | John M. Akers | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jun 1988 | Piper PA-32RT-300T | Cambridge, Maryland, United States | Larry Abromavich | No injuries | - |
| 1 Apr 1987 | Piper PA-32RT-300 | Laverne, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 1988 | Taylorcraft BC-12D | Seattle, Washington, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Sep 1988 | Svensson BUSHBY MUSTANG II | Everett, Washington, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 25 Sep 1988 | Bellanca 7ECA | Toledo, Washington, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 Sep 1988 | Cessna 207 | Center Island, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 1988 | Piper PA-28-160 | Renton, Washington, United States | Larry Dillon | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 1988 | Aeronca 65-LB | Ephrata, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |