19890729025719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Liberty, MO · July 29, 1989

Date
July 29, 1989 · 12:00 local
Place
Liberty, MO
Airport
Liberty Landing Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4278E
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC89LA171
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,836 total200 in this make and model344 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Student bounced the Landing then froze on controls. Aircraft veered off runway into a stand of tall corn.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT BOUNCED THE LANDING THEN FROZE ON CONTROLS. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A STAND OF TALL CORN.

NTSB investigation

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