# Accident 20050326004559A: Piper PA28R200, Lafayette, IN, March 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2005, 05:45 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4369° N, 86.9339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4369&lon=-86.9339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N999SK-2005-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050326004559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT CAME TO LAFAYETTE AVIATION WITH PASSENGER @ 0500 ON SATURDAY, 3/26/05 TO USE AIRCRAFT FOR TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE. LINE MAINTENANCE PERSON ON DUTY HAD INITIAL SUSPENSION AS TO INTENT, AUTHORIZATION AND POSSIBLE ALCOHOL. PILOT AND PASSENGER OBTAINED KEYS AND PUSHED AIRCRAFT OUT OF HANGAR. PREFLIGHT DID NOT INCLUDE FUEL SAMPLE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 10 AND ON DOWNWIND IMPACTED GROUND INVERTED. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION ONGOING BY NTSB. PILOT WAS ON LAFAYETTE AVIATION'S NO RENT LIST BUT THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT VERIFIED BY MAINTENANCE ATTENDANT ON DUTY AT OPENING OF FBO OFFICES.

## 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 CHI05FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA081), Mar 26, 2005: Piper PA-28R-200 (N999SK), West Lafayette, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument conditions and his not maintaining control of the complex airplane during initial climb. Factors in the accident were the low ceiling, the early dawn…

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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