- Date
- October 20, 1984, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2388VPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841020057379A
- Case key
- 6690
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Recovery from bounced landing - initiated
Go-around - initiated
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Analysis
During attempted go-around from a bounced landing, the plt allowed the acft to drift off center line and into trees paralling the runway. Directional control was compromised by low flying speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2388V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0054
- Airframe hours
- 779
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Atlantic Flight Service
- Registered owner
- Joaire Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 20, 1984
- Departed
- Burlington, NC
- Destination
- Charlotte, NC
- Airport
- Willow Grove, runway 17, 3,200 × 40 ft, asphalt
N2388VRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 135 in this make and model · 105 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 5 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.