# NTSB ATL83LA162: Piper PA-38-112, N25693, Lynchburg, VA, May 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1983, 08:16 local (12:16 UTC)
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Location: 37.3254° N, 79.2012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (LYH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3254&lon=-79.2012&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6051/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA162

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lowering of flaps - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25693-1992-05-07), registration cancelled 1992-05-07, S/N 3881A0056 (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: 38-81A0056
- Airframe hours: 932
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830510026579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830510026579A), May 10, 1983: Piper PA38112, Lynchburg, VA, Substantial damage. Bounded on landing. Student unable to stop porpoising madeit worse. Collapsed the gear and buckled the cabin floor.

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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