- Date
- April 10, 1987, 18:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenna, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2606KPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870410009049A
- Case key
- 7408
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was making a touch and go ldg on rwy 27. After touchdown, he retracted the flaps and applied full power to takeoff again. The acft began to veer left after power was applied. The CFI reported that she told the student to apply right rudder as the acft began to veer left. The acft continued to veer left, however. She stated that she then attempted to apply right rudder herself, but the acft did not respond. The acft subsequently ran off of the rwy into a ditch. The student plt reported that he did apply right rudder, but the acft did not respond to his control input. A light to moderate westerly wind reportedly prevailed at the arpt at the time of the accident the acft was examined by the FAA after the accident; no evidence of any mechanical malfunction or failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2606K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2879A0685
- Airframe hours
- 2,818
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- De Mille Corporation, doing business as De Mille Aviation
- Registered owner
- Demille Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 21, 1987 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- CGF · Cleveland, OH
- Airport
- 29G · Portage County, runway 27, 3,500 × 75 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 368 total · 165 in this make and model · 210 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 20 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.