19871022060269A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Colville, WA · October 22, 1987

Date
October 22, 1987 · 19:45 local
Place
Colville, WA
Airport
Colville Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AWVA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N15653
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88FA012
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
80 total19 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Lost control on a turn out from takeoff. Dark night and no ground lights. Pilot was advised not to fly at night.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON A TURN OUT FROM TAKEOFF. DARK NIGHT AND NO GROUND LIGHTS. PILOT WAS ADVISED NOT TO FLY AT NIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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