- Date
- March 6, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2528NPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830306006519A
- Case key
- 6029
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with a tree during the landing roll. The weather was VMC and no flight plan was filed. The student pilot had been doing airwork for about one hour and returned for touch and go landing. After several successful landings he made another approach. The aircraft developed a high sink rate and touched down off the left side of the runway and porpoised and veered left. The pilot did not try to return to the runway but continued on and the left wing of the aircraft collided with a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2528N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7103812
- Airframe hours
- 2,545
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Atlantic Flight Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 8A6 · Wilgrove Airpark, runway 17, 3,212 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.