# Incident 19880511035989I: Piper PA28140, Elkhart, IN, May 11, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1988, 19:33 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Elkhart Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7194° N, 86.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKHART MUNI (EKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-86.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1762J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1762J-1998-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 38 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880511035989I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE ENROUTE. DIVERTED AND LANDED OK. NO DEFECTS.  CONTINUED FLIGHT. FOUND INTERMITTENT FUEL PUMP PRESSURE.

## Other reports on N1762J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980419007079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980419007079A), Apr 19, 1998: Piper PA28140 (N1762J), Kalamazoo, MI, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (.4)Witnesses reported seeing the airplane liftoff runway 5 past the runway 17/35 intersection located approximately 3108 feet from the approach end of runway…

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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