# Accident 19880628023919A: Piper PA32300, Lake Charles, LA, June 28, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1988, 22:45 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2093° N, 93.1992° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2093&lon=-93.1992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3969M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3969M-1989-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 16 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880628023919A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING. BEGAN GO AROUND NOSE HIGH AND TOO SLOW. VEERED LEFT WING LOW AND HIT THE GROUND.

## 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 FTW88LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA127), Jun 29, 1988: Piper PA-32-300 (N3969M), Lake Charles, LA, substantial damage

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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