- Date
- January 14, 1988, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mankato, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N713LSPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880114008289A
- Case key
- 14036
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.
Miscellaneous/other
Preflight planning/preparation - improperFactor
Starting procedure - poorCause
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - airport facility
Aircraft
- Registration
- N713LS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7890400
- Airframe hours
- 1,309
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Curtis R. Fisher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 1987
- Departed
- MKT · Mankato, MN
- Destination
- OWA · Owatonna, MN
- Airport
- MKT · Mankato Muni
N713LSRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 734 total · 166 in this make and model · 656 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.