19881116051099A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Chinook, MT · November 16, 1988

Date
November 16, 1988 · 11:00 local
Place
Chinook, MT
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N28EF
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN89LA035
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
61 total41 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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.

Became lost on trip to take flight test. Ran out of fuel landed in a snow covered field and aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

BECAME LOST ON TRIP TO TAKE FLIGHT TEST. RAN OUT OF FUEL LANDED IN A SNOW COVERED FIELD AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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