19790519008039A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Melbourne, FL · May 19, 1979

Date
May 19, 1979 · 18:40 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Airport
Regional
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N38729
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79DLD63
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17 total17 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot attempted a go around after a bad landing,froze on controls on climb out,mushed into trees nose high.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND AFTER A BAD LANDING,FROZE ON CONTROLS ON CLIMB OUT,MUSHED INTO TREES NOSE HIGH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.