# Incident 19971002032829I: Piper PA38112, Omaha, NE, October 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1997, 18:13 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Offutt Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1193° N, 95.9085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OFFUTT AFB (OFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1193&lon=-95.9085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24435, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24435-1999-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 24 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971002032829I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 2, 1997, WHILE APPROACHING OFFUTT AFB FOR A LANDING; STUDENT PILOT, ANN M. DUSH, APPLIED FULL FLAPS WHILE ON THE BASE LEG TO LANDING. WHILE ON THE FINAL APPROACH MS. DUSH STATED HER AIRSPEED APPEARED TOO SLOW AND ALTITUDE TOO LOW, SO SHE ADDED SOME POWER. MS. DUSH STATED SHE LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOSE LOW SUBSEQUENTLY THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AT WHICH TIME SHE ADDED MORE POWER AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N24435 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980505008419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980505008419A), May 5, 1998: Piper PA38112 (N24435), Omaha, NE, Substantial damage. Impacted terrain when engine quit on takeoff. (.4)a total loss of engine power was experienced during an initial takeoff climb. A forced landing was made on a…
- [Incident 19930503015819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930503015819I), May 3, 1993: Piper PA38112 (N24435), Murray, NE, Minor damage. Instructor applied full nose up elevator and applied power. Became airborne prematurely. Bounced. Stopped in field.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.