19880829035789A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Rawlings, WY · August 29, 1988

Date
August 29, 1988 · 07:15 local
Place
Rawlings, WY
Airport
Rawlings Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5873U
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN88LA195
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total100 in this make and model75 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.

Unable to climb after takeoff settled onto rough ground off airport. Density altitude and gross weight are factors.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF SETTLED ONTO ROUGH GROUND OFF AIRPORT. DENSITY ALTITUDE AND GROSS WEIGHT ARE FACTORS.

NTSB investigation

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