Plane Crash List

Piper PA-36-300 N57847

14 September 1988 · Pulaski, Wisconsin, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 September 1988 at about 08:10 local time, a Piper PA-36-300 registered N57847, operated by AG Air Inc., was involved in an accident near Pulaski, Wisconsin, 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 08:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Pulaski, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates
44.6598, -88.2293
Aircraft
Piper PA-36-300
Registration
N57847
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
AG Air Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Antigo → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Bright
NTSB number
CHI88DEP12

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

THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, 75 DEGREES NOSEDOWN, INTO THE TERRAIN. HIS WIDOW STATED THAT THE PILOT HAD LEFT HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 CST ON THE ACCIDENT NIGHT, IN AN INEBRIATED CONDITION. AFTER A DISCUSSION ABOUT HIS DRINKING, HE REPORTEDLY STATED THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME HE FLEW. TOX TESTS REVEALED THAT THE PILOT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.21%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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