19880810035719A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Auburn, IN · August 10, 1988

Date
August 10, 1988 · 04:50 local
Place
Auburn, IN
Airport
De Kalb County Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3828K
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI88FA198
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
275 total223 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost control and crashed into trees on initial takeoff climb. Ceiling and visibility near zero.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO TREES ON INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB. CEILING AND VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.