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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Lafayette, IN · October 18, 1991

Date
October 18, 1991 · 19:00 local
Place
Lafayette, IN
Airport
Aretz Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N38713
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI92FA013
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
303 total11 in this make and model11 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.

Took off at night in severe gusty crosswind,lost control and crashed nearly inverted into trees at end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

TOOK OFF AT NIGHT IN SEVERE GUSTY CROSSWIND,LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED NEARLY INVERTED INTO TREES 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.