- Date
- October 28, 1984, 17:39 local (22:39 UTC)
- Place
- Cumming, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91365Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841028060699A
- Case key
- 6695
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Despite a fss forecast of thunderstorm activity for the next 24 hours the plt departed in order to evaluate wx situation for himself. Conditions were as forecasted and the plt elected to return to the arpt from which he had departed. Due to the movement of the storm system behind the flt a return was not possible. The plt then decided to perform a precautionary landing in an unimproved field which appeared smooth when he had overflown it. The terrain proved to be rougher than anticipated causing the acft to nose down during the rollout.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91365
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0017
- Airframe hours
- 1,129
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carpet Capital Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 12, 1984 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- GVL · Gainsville, GA
- Destination
- DNN · Dalton, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Field
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 206 total · 104 in this make and model · 125 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 33 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.