# Accident 19990430004319A: Piper PA38112, Manassas, VA, April 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1999, 10:52 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7230° N, 77.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7230&lon=-77.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2338D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2338D-2001-08-07) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD99LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990430004319A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT RETURNED FROM A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 34. WINDS REPORTED WERE FORM 070 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS GUSTING TO 14 KNOTS.  THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED AND THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND IMMEDIATELY, WITH NO TIME TO RECOVER.  HE REPORTED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES WITH THE AIRPLANE.  THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED 65 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, ALL IN MAKE AND MODEL.                                       (-23) STUDENT PILOT ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS, LANDED HARD, SHORT OF RUNWAY 34L.  UNABLE TO RECOVER. DESTROYED AIRPLANE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD99LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA040), Apr 30, 1999: Piper PA-38 (N2338D), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descend on final approach followed by an improper flare which resulted on a hard landing.

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.

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