# NTSB ATL83LA157: Piper PA-28, St. Marys, GA, April 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1983, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: St. Marys, GA
- Coordinates: 30.75085, -81.570243 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7508&lon=-81.5702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6047/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA157

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, dual student (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - abort - delayed, dual student (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE CANADIAN PRIVATE PILOT (PLT) & HIS CANADIAN INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WERE ON A TRAINING FLT, PRACTICING A SOFT FIELD, TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. (THE PLT WAS IN TRAINING FOR A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE.) WHILE LANDING IN A X-WIND, THE PLT ALLOWEDTHE ACFT TO CONTACT THE RWY 3 TIMES, WITH THE LAST TOUCHDOWN BEING HARDER THAN INTENDED. THE PLT SAW TREES AT THE END OF THE RWY & ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF THE TOUCH-AND-GO. HE APPLIED BRAKES, AND WHEN THE CFI REALIZED THE SITUATION, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING TO TAKEOFF OR TO STOP WITHOUT OVERRUNNING. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE RWY & HIT A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGBOA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 288016223
- Airframe hours: 533
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D3G 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Air Boreal
- Registered owner: Carier Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 9, 1983, 11 hours before
- Departed: 09J
- Airport: 4J6, St. Marys, runway 22, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial, foreign, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 595 total, 62 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SSI, 25 nm away

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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