- Date
- January 12, 1992, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Richmond, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9483TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920112000459A
- Case key
- 11756
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to maintain directional control during rollout.
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
During a landing of a local flight, the student pilot reported that he flared prematurely and lost directional control of the airplane, touching down left of the runway centerline. The airplane continued to rollout left of the centerline and departed the runway. To avoid hitting a runway light, the student pilot elected to manuever to the left of the light subsequently hitting a tree with the left wingtip. The airplane spun to the left and came to rest in an embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9483T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0113
- Airframe hours
- 2,919
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Quonset Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Quonset Flight Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 31, 1991 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- OQU · N. Kingston, RI
- Airport
- RI04 · Richmond, runway 29, 2,130 × 30 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 48 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 27 °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.