# Incident 19880607070629I: Piper PA23250, Middlesboro, KY, June 7, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1988, 14:00 local time
- Place: Middlesboro, KY
- Airport: Middlesboro-Bell County Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KVPA
- Location: 36.6103° N, 83.7373° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDDLESBORO/BELL COUNTY (1A6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6103&lon=-83.7373&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54238, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54238) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880607070629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT KNOWINGLY FLEW TWICE WITH PASSENGERS WHEN AIRCRAFT HAD MALFUNCTIONING TRIM SYSTEM.

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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