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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA38112 · Reedley, CA · May 16, 1988

Date
May 16, 1988 · 11:22 local
Place
Reedley, CA
Airport
Reedley Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N23415
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA183
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,253 total600 in this make and model105 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.

Pilot reported engine quit on climbout. Struck trees landing in rough field no malfunction or system failure found.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. STRUCK TREES LANDING IN ROUGH FIELD NO MALFUNCTION OR SYSTEM FAILURE FOUND.

NTSB investigation

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