- Date
- February 22, 1982, 14:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Elyria, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25743Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820222005149A
- Case key
- 70589
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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
During the landing flare the student overcorrected with full aft elevator. The aircraft pitched up, the instructor applied full power, and the aircraft bounced and drifted into a snow bank. The instructor was reported to have about 20 hours instructing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25743
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3881A0072
- Airframe hours
- 272
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Investments Associates
- Registered owner
- Air Investments Associates
- Departed
- 1GG · Strongville, OH
- Destination
- 1GG · Strongville, OH
- Airport
- 1G1 · Elyria, runway 27, 3,060 × 50 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
- 19
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 296 total · 167 in this make and model · 209 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.