- Date
- August 2, 1988, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Reidsville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26045Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880802029579A
- Case key
- 7795
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt rprtd that while landing, the airplane began to veer to the left. Subsequently, it ran off the left side of the rwy & into a ditch. A crosswind was blowing from the left at the time. The operator rprtd that tire marks from the nose & right main gear were visible on the rwy. The student had about 8 hrs of solo experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26045
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0112
- Airframe hours
- 1,837
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Causey Aviation Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Causey Aviation Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 21, 1988 · 61 hours before
- Airport
- NC14 · Rockingham County-Shiloh, runway 13, 5,200 × 100 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 21 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.