# Accident 19880703024709A: Piper PA38112, Hamm Lake, MN, July 3, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1988, 12:46 local time
- Place: Hamm Lake, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2485N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2485N-1990-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880703024709A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED IN SWAMP IN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT. NO WITNESSES. MARIJUANA DETECTED IN STUDENT.

## 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 CHI88FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA153), Jul 3, 1988: Piper PA-38-112 (N2485N), Hamm Lake, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT, EITHER BY THE STUDENT OR BY THE INSTRUCTOR, AT AN ALTITUDE INSUFFICIENT TO ALLOW FOR A RECOVERY, BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, BEFORE THE RESULTING OUT OF CONTROL DESCENT…

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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