19880407009789A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Fort Smith, AR · April 7, 1988

Date
April 7, 1988 · 20:00 local
Place
Fort Smith, AR
Airport
Fort Smith Municipal
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N31900
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC88LA075
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14 total7 in this make and model7 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.

Student on first solo lost control on liftoff and hit a fence. Believed no rudder control. No defects were found.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ON FIRST SOLO LOST CONTROL ON LIFTOFF AND HIT A FENCE. BELIEVED NO RUDDER CONTROL. NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND.

NTSB investigation

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