# Accident 20000411006569A: Piper PA38112, Fresno, CA, April 11, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 11, 2000, 09:10 local time - Place: Fresno, CA - Airport: Fresno Yosemite International Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.7761° N, 119.7192° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7761&lon=-119.7192&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2500T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2500T-2001-01-29) (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 O235* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA149) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000411006569A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) MR. BARONIAN ATTEMPTED, ON HIS FIRST UN-SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT., A SHORT FIELD TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 29L AT FAT. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE EXECUTED THE SHORT-FIELD TAKEOFF HE OVER ROTATED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BEGIN FLOATING AND THE STALL WARNING HORN TO SOUND. HE THEN ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF, WHERE UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE RUNWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE DRIFT BUT TO NO AVAIL. UPON EXITING THE RUNWAY HE HIT ONE RUNWAY LIGHT BEFORE ROLLING OUT INTO THE DIRT AREA NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. MR. BARONIAN THEN TRIED SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN BY HOLDING THE YOKE BACK BUT THIS CAUSED HIS AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE, OVER A RUNWAY ENTRANCE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE OTHER SIDE, DAMAGING A TAXIWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON IN THE DIRT FIELD, PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 29L WHERE UPON ROLLING ONTO ANOTHER RUNWAY TAXI ENTRANCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO ONE PROPELLER BLADE, THE NOSE GEAR AND THE ENGINE FIREWALL. (.4) ON APRIL 11, 2000, AT 0910 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-38-112, N2500T, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH MULTIPLE OBSTACLES AT THE FRESNO YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; HOWEVER, THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT BY GOLDEN EAGLE AVIATION, INC., UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING FROM FRESNO YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST UNSUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. HIS INSTRUCTOR HAD REQUESTED THAT ON THIS FLIGHT HE PERFORM A SERIES OF SHORT FIELD TAKEOFFS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BEGAN HIS FIRST TAKEOFF BY HOLDING THE BRAKES, RUNNING UP THE ENGINE, AND THEN RELEASING THE BRAKES. AFTER REACHING 53 KNOTS, HE ROTATED BUT OVERCONTROLLED, AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO FLOAT PREMATURELY. HE DECIDED TO ABORT, AND, AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, HE LOST DIRECTIONALCONTROL AND IT BEGAN TO VEER OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED VEERING LEFT, EVENTUALLY STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT. HE ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE BY HOLDING THE CONTROL WHEEL BACK; HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT NOW BECAME AIRBORNE OVER TAXIWAY GOLF. WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, IT ROLLED ACROSS A DIRT INFIELD UNTIL REACHING TAXIWAY KILO (2,900 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 29L). AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARING KILO, IT ROLLED OVER A LIP AT THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED ABOUT 1 FOOT ONTO THE RAMP AREA COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGING THE PROP, ENGINE MOUNTS, AND FIREWALL. SURFACE WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 4 KNOTS. THE PILOT'S LOGBOOK REFLECTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED DUAL INSTRUCTION IN SHORT FIELD TAKEOFFS ON APRIL 8 AND 10, 2000. ## 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 LAX00LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA149), Apr 11, 2000: Piper PA-38-112 (N2500T), Fresno, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control on takeoff that resulted in a collision with a taxiway surface. ## Other reports on N2500T (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19900521023609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900521023609I), May 21, 1990: Piper PA38112 (N2500T), Fresno, CA. Smoke and oil on windshield on departure. Returned. NR2 piston connecting rod failed. 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.