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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA38112 · New Castle, PA · August 14, 1984

Date
August 14, 1984 · 14:45 local
Place
New Castle, PA
Airport
New Castle
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4332E
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC84LA273
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
559 total559 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot lost directional control and hit drainage ditch causing aircraft to flip inverted.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND HIT DRAINAGE DITCH CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO FLIP INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.