19870814045649A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Knoxville, TN · August 14, 1987

Date
August 14, 1987 · 15:15 local
Place
Knoxville, TN
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8661W
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL87LA231
Reported as
Piper PA28235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B4B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
431 total

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What happened

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

Engine quit on initial climbout. Crash landed in river at end of runway. Had leaned mixture control for takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT. CRASH LANDED IN RIVER AT END OF RUNWAY. HAD LEANED MIXTURE CONTROL FOR TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

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