# Accident 19880611019819A: Piper PA28140, Lehighton, PA, June 11, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1988, 09:30 local time
- Place: Lehighton, PA
- Airport: Jake Arnen Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8306° N, 75.7092° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8306&lon=-75.7092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44699, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44699-2013-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880611019819A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL ON A TOUCH AND GO. LEFT THE RUNWAY INTO BORDERING TREES. WAS ON THIRD SUPERVISED SOLO.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC88LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA163), Jun 11, 1988: Piper PA-28-140 (N44699), Lehighton, PA, destroyed

## Other reports on N44699 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750727020159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750727020159A), Jul 27, 1975: Piper PA28140 (N44699), Shartlesville, PA, Substantial damage. Diverted attn to gnd sfc in front of acft.

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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