# NTSB CEN27LA021: Piper J3C-65, N88218, Boonville, IN, October 18, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 18, 2026, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Boonville, IN
- Location: 38.0466° N, 87.2910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boonville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0466&lon=-87.2910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 204026
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN27LA021
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/204026/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA021

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper J3C-65, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=7100510), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N88218](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88218), registered now, S/N 15835, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C-65
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Flight: Personal, Part 91

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: 9 nm away

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.

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