# Accident 19880330039349A: Piper PA60601, St Petersburg, FL, March 30, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1988, 08:53 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3645E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,317 total, 227 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880330039349A

## Narrative

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

LOST THE UPPER HALF OF THE MAIN CAB IN DOOR ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED SAFELY. UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY IT OPENED.

## 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 MIA88LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA133), Mar 30, 1988: Piper PA-60-601P (N3645E), St Petersburg, FL, substantial damage

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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