- Date
- October 31, 1986, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2373GPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861031052619A
- Case key
- 7343
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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
While conducting touch and go landings, N2373G lost power during a go-around. The flight was instructed to go-around due to another aircraft on runway 03. The pilot reversed his course toward runway 21. The aircraft crashed into trees short of runway 21. Examination of the wreckage disclosed that there was no fuel recovered from the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2373G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-794-0508
- Airframe hours
- 1,340
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piedmont Avn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 6, 1986 · 64 hours before
- Airport
- INT · Smith Reynolds, runway 3, 4,500 × 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 24 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.