# Accident 19811211079249A: Piper PA28140, Lafayette, IN, December 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Aretz
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.3995° N, 86.8628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3995&lon=-86.8628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3348T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3348T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DEX03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DEX03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811211079249A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT ON SECOND SOLO, LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON THE LANDING ROLL. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI82DEX03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DEX03), Dec 11, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N3348T), Lafayette, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3348T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870926072219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870926072219I), Sep 26, 1987: Piper PA28140 (N3348T), Fort Dodge, IA. Engine failure en route. Landed in a field. Found the number one spark plug had failed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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