- Date
- May 10, 1983, 08:16 local (12:16 UTC)
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25693Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830510026579A
- Case key
- 6051
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft landed hard and bounced several times before collapsing the landing gear. The student pilot was on her first solo flight after 31 hours of dual instruction in the PA-38 acft. The student reported the accident was student induced and that there were no malfunctions in equipment. The landing was made with one notch and flaps. The wind was reportedlynot a factor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25693
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0056
- Airframe hours
- 932
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight America, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flight America, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- LYH · Lynchburg Muni, runway 21, 5,799 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LYH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.