# Incident 19880831057219I: Piper PA28235, Bourbonnais, IL, August 31, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1988, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bourbonnais, IL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1825° N, 87.8787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bourbonnais, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1825&lon=-87.8787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57347, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57347) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 7 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880831057219I

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON LANDING. BALLOONED AND VEERED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO FIELD. BENT PROP AND  BROKE OFF NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N57347 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790621025529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790621025529A), Jun 21, 1979: Piper PA28/ (N57347), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final due to fuel starvation. Aircraft landed short of the runway. Fuel selector not in the detent.

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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