# Accident 19871012059829A: Piper PA28140, Storm Lake, IA, October 12, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1987, 17:00 local time
- Place: Storm Lake, IA
- Airport: Storm Lake Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6399° N, 95.1905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6399&lon=-95.1905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4477X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4477X-1995-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC88LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871012059829A

## Narrative

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

HAD TEMPORARY ENGINE FAILURE. HIT A FENCE ON GO AROUND WHEN ENGINE CAUGHT. CRASH LANDED MINUS A GEAR AT HOME FIELD.

## 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 MKC88LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA004), Oct 12, 1987: Piper PA-28-140 (N4477X), Storm Lake, IA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4477X (1)

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

- [Accident 19930817029689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930817029689A), Aug 17, 1993: Piper PA28140 (N4477X), Marshall, MN, Destroyed. Advised IFR. Departed anyway. Flew into cloud. Spiral dive. Unable arrest descent due low altitude. Crashed.

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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