19880513016739A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28RT-201 · Millbrook, NY · May 13, 1988

Date
May 13, 1988 · 15:00 local
Place
Millbrook, NY
Airport
Sky Acres Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2819J
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88LA138
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total840 in this make and model100 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.

Right side of engine cowl opened on climbout. Drag caused control problem,mushed into trees. Pilot closed cowling.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE COWL OPENED ON CLIMBOUT. DRAG CAUSED CONTROL PROBLEM,MUSHED INTO TREES. PILOT CLOSED COWLING.

NTSB investigation

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