Piper PA-28R-201T N3110Q

Summary

On 15 December 1988 at about 12:50 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201T registered N3110Q was involved in an accident near Arvada, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 December 1988 at 12:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Arvada, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

44.7596, -106.0895

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201T

Registration

N3110Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gillette → Billings

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN89FA041

1 person 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

THE PILOT ENTERED CLOUDS AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, CRASHED NEAR THE CITY OF ARVADA, WY. THE FLIGHT CONSISTED OF TWO AIRCRAFT, FLYING TOGETHER IN LOOSE FORMATION, AT NIGHT, UNDER A LAYER OF CLOUDS. THE PLT OF THE LEAD ACFT ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 2 MIN ELAPSED WHEN HE HEARD THE PLT OF N3110Q SHOUT OUT AN EXPLETIVE. THAT WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION HEARD. AN AIR SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED AND THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ALONGSIDE THE POWER RIVER. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED NO MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS. THE STABILATOR HALVES AND THE LEFT WING WERE FOUND 266 YARDS WEST OF THE WRECKAGE. NO CORROSION OR FATIGUE FAILURES WERE NOTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.