19880926041279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Bertrand, NE · September 26, 1988

Date
September 26, 1988 · 18:15 local
Place
Bertrand, NE
Airport
Bertrand
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3390M
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC88LA179
Reported as
Piper PA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
161 total81 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tried to go under powerlines on a downwind takeoff but stalled and hit bank of an elevated road at end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO GO UNDER POWERLINES ON A DOWNWIND TAKEOFF BUT STALLED AND HIT BANK OF AN ELEVATED ROAD AT END OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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