19880925040029A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Hutchinson, MN · September 25, 1988

Date
September 25, 1988 · 10:28 local
Place
Hutchinson, MN
Airport
Hutchinson Municipal-Butler Field
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6151W
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI88FA244
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
16 total16 in this make and model14 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.

Bounced and porpoised on landing, elected to go around. Allowed aircraft to veer left on climbout into trees.

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING, ELECTED TO GO AROUND. ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT ON CLIMBOUT INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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