# Accident 19880414010169A: Piper PA38112, Painesville, OH, April 14, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1988, 10:15 local time
- Place: Painesville, OH
- Airport: Concord Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7208° N, 81.2397° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7208&lon=-81.2397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91371, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91371-1991-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 888 total, 100 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880414010169A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ATL88LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA143), Apr 14, 1988: Piper PA-38-112 (N91371), Painesville, OH, destroyed

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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