# Accident 20081212856069A: Piper PA28235, New Bern, NC, December 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2008, 16:15 local time
- Place: New Bern, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2039° N, 77.1411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2039&lon=-77.1411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38558, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38558-2011-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,178 total, 600 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081212856069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF ABOUT 100 FEET IN THE AIR ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER.  PILOT MADE TURN TO THE RIGHT TO LAND IN A SOD FIELD.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DITCH AND THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP.

## 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 ERA09LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA096), Dec 12, 2008: Piper PA-28-235 (N38558), New Bern, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N38558 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810108000109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810108000109A), Jan 8, 1981: Piper PA28235 (N38558), Enid, OK, Substantial damage. Engine quit due to fuel starvation. Fuel selector on empty tank. Crash-landed in farm field.

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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