# Incident 19880713037339I: Piper PA28161, West Chicago, IL, July 13, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1988, 12:30 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3573S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3573S-2003-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880713037339I

## Narrative

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

FOUND SEAT BELT OUTSIDE DOOR ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED DOWNWIND OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.STRUCK A DITCH AND A TAXIWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N3573S (2)

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

- [Accident 20010413024259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010413024259A), Apr 13, 2001: Piper PA28161 (N3573S), Culver, IN, Substantial damage. (.4) The airplane impacted trees when it veered off runway 16 after an aborted takeoff during an instructional flight. During takeoff, the airplane climbed to…
- [Incident 19940819022339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940819022339I), Aug 19, 1994: Piper PA28161 (N3573S), Beloit, WI, Minor damage. Unable to obtain flying speed. Aborted late ran off runway into cornfield. Parking brake was on.

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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