# Accident 19880117000619A: Piper PA28140, St Louis, MO, January 17, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1988, 14:39 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Creve Coeur Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6607° N, 90.4592° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6607&lon=-90.4592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1727J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1727J-2012-07-24) (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 O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 800 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC88FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880117000619A

## Narrative

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

VERTICAL CLIMB ON TAKEOFF STALLED AND DIVED INTO GROUND IN NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT.MAY HAVE BEGAN A ACROBATIC MANEUVER

## 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 MKC88FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA040), Jan 17, 1988: Piper PA-28-140 (N1727J), Creve Coeur, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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