Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Roswell, New Mexico 88201
Friday, February 5, 1988 14:58 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
PLT OBTAINED 3 WX BRIEFINGS, FILED A VFR FLT PLAN & DEPARTED SALT LAKE CITY ENROUTE TO ROSWELL, NM, WITH A REFUELING STOP AT ALBUQUERQUE. WHILE THE ACFT WAS STILL 17 NM NW OF ROSWELL ARPT, TWR ADVISED PLT THAT THE ARPT WAS IFR. PLT REQUESTED & RECEIVED SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE INTO CONTROL ZONE. WITNESSES SAW ACFT FLYING IN DIRECTION OF VORTAC AT APRX 200 FT IN MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS & FOG. ACFT CRASHED ON OPEN, SNOW-COVERED RANCHLAND IN RIGHT WING-LOW, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE IN CRUISE CONFIGURATION. WRECKAGE WAS STREWN ON HEADING AWAY FROM VORTAC & ARPT. ROSWELL WX WAS 600 BKN, 1600 OVRCST, VIS 5 MI IN SNOW SHOWER AND FOG. REVIEW OF PLT'S LOGBOOK DISCLOSED 64.3 TOTAL HRS & 1.8 IFR HRS WHEN PRIVATE PLT LICENSE RECEIVED ON 8/8/87. AT TIME OF CRASH, 2/5/88, PLT HAD LOGGED 122.4 TOTAL HRS & 3.9 IFR HRS. PRIVATE PILOT CHECK FLT LASTED 1.4 HRS WITH 0.3 HRS USED FOR IFR CHECK. WRECKAGE DISCOVERED ON 2/7/88.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 2/5/1988 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1458 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | ROSWELL |
| Event State | NEW MEXICO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 88201 |
| Event Date Year | 1988 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Witness |
| Time of the weather observation | 1450 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ROW |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 600 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 100 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Moderate |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 3 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 84 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Feb 7 1988 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1139 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 35625 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 11:32AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N8417F |
| NTSB Number | DEN88FA064 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-181 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28-181 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 287790245 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2550 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Nov 5 1987 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 87 |
| Airframe Hours | 2825 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT INT'L |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2983 SO. ORCHARD DRIVE |
| Aircraft Owner City | BOUNTIFUL |
| Aircraft Owner State | UT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 84010 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 4AC |
| Departure City | ALBUQUERQUE |
| Departure State | NM |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1330 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | ROW |
| Destination City | ROSWELL |
| Destination State | NM |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Maneuvering |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |