# Incident 19880823047489I: Piper PA32300, Lancaster, OH, August 23, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1988, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, OH
- Airport: Fairfield County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7556° N, 82.6571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRFIELD COUNTY (LHQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7556&lon=-82.6571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15498, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15498) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 390 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880823047489I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON WET RUNWAY, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND HYDROPLANED. LEFT END OF RUNWAY AND HIT EMBANKMENT.

## Other reports on N15498 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840216021019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840216021019I), Feb 16, 1984: Piper PA32300 (N15498), Grand Rapids, MI. Smoke from rough engine on climbout. Returned and landed. #3 piston had been burned away. Allowed oil leakage.

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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