# NTSB ATL82DA225: Piper PA-38-112, N2386K, Keyser, WV, August 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1982, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Keyser, WV
- Coordinates: 39.429866, -78.980331 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4299&lon=-78.9803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71264
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71264/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA225

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PILOT WAS MAKING A GO-AROUND OVER A 1700 FOOT RUNWAY. FULL FLAPS WERE LEFT DOWN UNTIL END OF RUNWAY AND THEN RAISED TO 21 DEGREES. TERRAIN WAS RISING FASTER THEN AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING. AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AND NOSED DOWN INTO THE GROUND. TEMPERATURE WAS 85 DEGREES, FIELD ELEVATION 975 FEET.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2386K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2386K-1982-10-04), registration cancelled 1982-10-04, S/N 38-79A0612, built 1979 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 38-79A0612
- Airframe hours: 909
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: George Williams
- Registered owner: Nicholson Aviation Service
- Departed: CUMBERLAND, MD
- Destination: CUMBERLAND, MD
- Airport: PVT, Miller Field, runway 29, 2,700 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 57 total, 38 in this make and model, 24 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 185 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820801033719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820801033719A), Aug 1, 1982: Piper PA38112, Keyser, MD, Destroyed. Elected to go-around on attempt to land on a short grass strip. Failed to climb due to flaps down. Struck trees.

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.

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