19880304005859A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Cleveland, OH · March 4, 1988

Date
March 4, 1988 · 20:19 local
Place
Cleveland, OH
Airport
Cuyahoga County
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N198CD
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88LA103
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,045 total42 in this make and model42 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.

Both engines quit on climbout. Crash landed in trees. Fuel selectors on inboard empty tanks. Outboard tanks full.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH ENGINES QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. CRASH LANDED IN TREES. FUEL SELECTORS ON INBOARD EMPTY TANKS. OUTBOARD TANKS FULL.

NTSB investigation

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