NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN88FA090
Registry · N5WW
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-30
Year of manufacture
1965 · 23 years old at event
TCDS
A1EA · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC
Engine
LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19650402
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A63747
Registrant of record
CLARK NIKITA C
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
AFTER TAKEOFF THE ACFT FAILED TO CLIMB SUFFICIENTLY TO CLEAR A UTILITY POLE ONE-HALF MILE OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE POLE AND CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE PLT AND THREE PAX WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE ACFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT POWER REQUIRED WAS GREATER THAN POWER AVAILABLE FOR TAKEOFF AT NEAR MAX GROSS WT FROM THE HIGH ALTITUDE, HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE ARPT, AND THE PLT WAS INEXPERIENCED IN HIGH ALTITUDE ARPT OPERATIONS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1988_DEN88FA090.txt.
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