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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28161 · Muskegon, MI · April 2, 1988

Date
April 2, 1988 · 14:49 local
Place
Muskegon, MI
Airport
Muskegon County
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8204E
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16 total16 in this make and model4 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.

Lost directional control on touch and go landing. Aborted takeoff. Veered off runway. Struck an airport light.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TOUCH AND GO LANDING. ABORTED TAKEOFF. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. STRUCK AN AIRPORT LIGHT.