19880425020849A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Miami, FL · April 25, 1988

Date
April 25, 1988 · 19:18 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Opa Locka Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N47966
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88LA160
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
955 total152 in this make and model220 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.

Engine stalled on a touch and go landing. Attempted a restart on rollout. Fire in carburetor. Fire destroyed plane.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STALLED ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. ATTEMPTED A RESTART ON ROLLOUT. FIRE IN CARBURETOR. FIRE DESTROYED PLANE.

NTSB investigation

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