Piper PA-28-140 N8233N

Summary

On 11 August 1988 at about 15:40 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N8233N, operated by Nicholas Mirales, JR., was involved in an accident near Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 August 1988 at 15:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Turner Field (N34)

Coordinates

40.2205, -75.2301

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N8233N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Nicholas Mirales, JR.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Biddeford

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC88LA215

2 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE FLT TOOK OFF WITH LIGHT & VARIABLE WINDS. HE SAID HE USED THE SHORT FLD, OBSTACLE CLEARANCE PROCEDURE TO AVOID POWERLINES WHICH ARE LOCATED 1000 FT FROM THE END OF THE RWY. AFTER THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE IT WOULD NOT CLIMB. A TURN WAS STARTED TO AVOID THE POWERLINES AND WAS STEEPENED TO AVOID TREES IN THE PATH OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT LOST ALT DURING THE STEEP TURN AND A LANDING WAS MADE IN A FARM FIELD. THE ACFT LANDED HARD RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND PROP. AFTER THE OCCUPANTS EVACUATED, THE ACFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE TEMP WAS 93 DEG F AT THE TIME OF THE ACDT. THE DA WAS 2600 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.