- Date
- August 8, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Maquoketa, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N32619Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870808042929A
- Case key
- 34298
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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.
Analysis
After departing the Maquoketa muni arpt, the acft was observed to fly at low altitude over some buildings that included a house & trailer home. As the acft flew over the property in a left banking turn, the left wing struck the top of a tree & then the acft crashed. Friends of the plt were having a party at the residence. They rprtd that after the plt made a low pass, he was to land & partake in the activities. A exam of the acft revealed no evidence of a preimpact mechanical problem.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32619
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515203
- Airframe hours
- 4,752
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Al Beyer, doing business as Maquoketa Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bernadette M. Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 1987 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- OQW · Maquoketa, IA
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 243 total · 134 in this make and model · 211 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 51 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.