# Accident 19880905036769A: Piper PA20, Claypool, IN, September 5, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1988, 11:25 local time
- Place: Claypool, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1308° N, 85.8823° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Claypool, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1308&lon=-85.8823&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7791K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7791K-1989-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 35 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880905036769A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED AREA OF PARENTS HOME. STRUCK A LONE HIGH TREE AND SPUN INTO GROUND.

## 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 CHI88FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA203), Sep 5, 1988: Piper PA-20 (N7791K), Claypool, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SUFFICIENT VISUAL LOOKOUT AND PERFORM A PULL UP IN TIME TO AVOID COLLISION WITH A TREE.

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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