- Date
- November 28, 1988, 08:42 local (14:42 UTC)
- Place
- Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4691HPiper PA-17
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881128051939A
- Case key
- 34654
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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
Witnesses observed the airplane takeoff and climb steeply to about 100 feet above ground. The airplane then turned sharply to the right and crashed into the ground in a nose low attitude. Investigation revealed no problems with either engine or airframe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4691H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17 - 89
- Airframe hours
- 2,225
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bonacci Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bonacci Flying Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1988 · 63 hours before
- Airport
- 3N0 · North Omaha, runway 17, 2,480 × 40 ft, concrete
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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 355 total · 355 as pilot in command · 111 in the last 90 days · 66 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 14 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 8 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.