# Accident 19880831038359A: Piper PA28161, Mansfield, MA, August 31, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1988, 21:15 local time
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0334° N, 71.2189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mansfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0334&lon=-71.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9087D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9087D) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,152 total, 500 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880831038359A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT ON AN EMPTY TANK. FUEL IN OTHER. LANDING ON A HIGHWAY, STRUCK SIGNS.

## 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 NYC88LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA231), Sep 1, 1988: Piper PA-28-161 (N9087D), Mansfield, MA, 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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