- Date
- March 31, 1986, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wauseon, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2572CPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860331008379A
- Case key
- 6973
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Analysis
The acft landed & nosed over about 770 ft upwind of the rwy it had used for takeoff. The CFI thought that the sod strip was too soft for the student to make the takeoff so he took the controls. The acft was unable to gain proper airspeed or alt and landed in a plowed field off the departure end of the sod strip used for takeoff. After a 60 ft slide the acft nosed over. The sod strip had been used the day before the accident but was in poor condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2572C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- N2572C
- Airframe hours
- 863
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L20, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Steven James Korican
- Registered owner
- Tas Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1985 · 97 hours before
- Destination
- DFI · Defiance, OH
- Airport
- 63D · Grieser, runway 9, 2,600 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,075 total · 130 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.