# Accident 19880923040139A: Piper STCPA32, Fullerton, CA, September 23, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1988, 06:36 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3451W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3451W-1989-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER STCPA32
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,375 total, 20 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA327) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880923040139A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT AT 100 FT. HIT BUILDING. RUST IN FUEL. MAGNETO CROSS FIRING.

## 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 LAX88FA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA327), Sep 23, 1988: Piper PA-32-260 (N3451W), Fullerton, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PROPERLY PREFLIGHT THE ACFT FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER DURING TAKEOFF. THE PLT ALSO FAILED TO ABOUT THE TAKEOFF.

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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