# Accident 20180820011859A: Piper PA-28-140, Mokuleia, HI, August 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2018, 17:10 local time
- Place: Mokuleia, HI
- Airport: Dillingham Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Location: 21.5781° N, 158.1817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5781&lon=-158.1817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98146, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98146-2019-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,281 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18TA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18TA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180820011859A

## Narrative

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

MOKULEIA, HI (HDH): N98146, PA28A, ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF PORTION OF TOUCH AND GO DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, CRASHED IN FIELD JUST SOUTH OF HDH. POB: 3, INJURIES: 3 MINOR, DAMAGE: SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 WPR18TA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18TA236), Aug 21, 2018: Piper PA28 (N98146), Mokuleia, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the flight instructor's inadequate preflight inspection.

## Other reports on N98146 (2)

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

- [Incident 20150225004929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150225004929I), Feb 25, 2015: Piper PA-28-140 (N98146), Honolulu, HI, No damage. On February 25, 2015 the Honolulu flight standards district office received a report that N98146 declared an emergency with the Honolulu control facility due…
- [Incident 20040615016419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040615016419I), Jun 15, 2004: Piper PA28140 (N98146), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. (-23) On June 15, 2004 at approximately 1915Z, while exiting off of runway 4L on echo, aircraft N98146 struck a taxiway sign. No injury to the pilot and…

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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