# NTSB ANC82DA024: Piper PA-38-112, N25759, Anchorage, AK, March 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 5, 1982, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.219539, -149.849838 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2195&lon=-149.8498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69765
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69765/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA024

## Analysis

STUDENT PILOT ROUNDED OUT TOO HIGH,AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND BECAME AIRBORNE.THE STUDENT DID NOT APPLY POWER AND THE CFI ADDED POWER FOR A GO-AROUND.HOWEVER HE STATED HE WAITED TOO LONG BEFORE APPLYING POWER AND THE RIGHT WING STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT OF RUNWAY HEADING AND TOUCHED DOWN ON A DIAGONAL TAXIWAY.THE CFI REDUCED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE ICE COVERED TAXIWAY COLLIDING WITH A SNOWBERM AND A PARKED UNATTENDED MAULE,N293X,WHICH RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.THE CFI REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT DUE TO THE ICE ON THE DIAGONAL TAXIWAY.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, dual student (contributing factor)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - initiated, pilot in command(cfi)
  - go-around - selected, pilot in command(cfi)
  - throttle/power control - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command(cfi)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,taxiway condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25759](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25759), registered now, S/N 38-81A0071, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Registry model: [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (registry code 7103812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 38-81A0071
- Airframe hours: 680
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235L2A 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Piper Sales Alaska
- Registered owner: Piper Sales Alaska
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Destination: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Airport: MRI, Merrill Field, runway 6, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; airline transport, commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 6,825 total, 250 in this make and model, 6,520 as pilot in command, 140 in the last 90 days, 55 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MRI

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820305002329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820305002329A), Mar 5, 1982: Piper PA38112, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Student pilot leveled off high during landing and instructor did not correct situation causing hard landing.

## Other investigations on N25759 (1)

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

- [NTSB ANC90LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA110), Jul 3, 1990: Piper PA-38-112 (N25759), Cantwell, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THE PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS OF THE AIRPLANE AND HIS LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE AT A GREATER THAN…

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

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