- Date
- February 5, 1988, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Williamstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2352NPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880205001949A
- Case key
- 36091
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight departed runway 27 at cross keys airport and upon reaching 250 feet altitude, the engine lost power and began vibrating. The pilot maneuvered to return to the airport but was unable to reach it. The aircraft crashed in a yard about 1/2 mile from the airport. The plt had just picked up the airplane after a 100-hour inspection (which included a wash) in the hour before the accident. He had purchased the used airplane about 1 week earlier. Exam of the engine revealed that moisture had permeated the ignition system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2352N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0802
- Airframe hours
- 1,340
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wilshire Aviation
- Registered owner
- Wilshire Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 4, 1987
- Departed
- Cross Keys, NJ
- Airport
- Cross Keys, runway 27
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
- 59
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,450 total · 1,670 in this make and model · 2,342 as pilot in command · 248 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2352N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.