# Accident 19880703025139A: Farm Hopper AGRIPLANE, Freehold, NJ, July 3, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1988, 07:20 local time
- Place: Freehold, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2602° N, 74.2759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freehold, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2602&lon=-74.2759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54472, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54472-2013-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Farm Hopper AGRIPLANE (registry code 05612YW, https://openairdocs.org/model/farm-hopper-agriplane) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,569 total, 10 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88DHM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88DHM01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880703025139A

## Narrative

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

USED IMPROPER CONTROL INPUTS. LOST CONTROL AND SPIRALED TO GROUND IMPACT. EXPERIMENTAL TEST FLIGHT.

## 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 NYC88DHM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88DHM01), Jul 3, 1988: Rutgers Agriplane (N54472), Freehold, NJ, 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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