19880414010169A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Painesville, OH · April 14, 1988

Date
April 14, 1988 · 10:15 local
Place
Painesville, OH
Airport
Concord Airpark
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N91371
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88LA143
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
888 total100 in this make and model63 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft settled into trees on a practice short field takeoff. Downdraft was blamed. Airport not on approved list.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO TREES ON A PRACTICE SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF. DOWNDRAFT WAS BLAMED. AIRPORT NOT ON APPROVED LIST.

NTSB investigation

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