# Accident 20190902017919A: Piper PA-38-112, Taylor, TX, September 2, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2019, 10:30 local time
- Place: Taylor, TX
- Airport: Taylor Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: PQQS
- Location: 30.5728° N, 97.4431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5728&lon=-97.4431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6400A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6400A-2020-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 445 total, 18 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19CA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19CA336) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190902017919A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 0925 ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2019, N6400A DEPARTED GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TX (GTU),

TO CONDUCT PRECISION TAKE OFF ON LANDING TRAINING AT TAYLOR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TX (T74).   AT APPROXIMATELY  1030, DURING THE THIRD APPROACH, THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT PILOT TO PERFORM A SIMULATED SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF.  WILL PERFORMING THE MANEUVER, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED IMPACTING THE GROUND IN A GRASSY FIELD ABOUT 100 YARDS NORTH OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.

## 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 CEN19CA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19CA336), Sep 2, 2019: Piper PA38 (N6400A), Taylor, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student's soft-field takeoff, which resulted in an excessive pitch attitude, settling effect, and impact with a ditch off the end of the runway.

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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