- Date
- June 29, 1988, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit Lakes, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N44140Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880629024219A
- Case key
- 13948
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Aircraft control - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - collapsed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44140
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7435298
- Airframe hours
- 2,919
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leasefirst, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Leasefirst, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1988 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- MIC · Minneapolis, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DTL · Detroit Lakes, runway 13, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
N44140Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 48 in this make and model · 34 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.