- Date
- March 23, 1982, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2374FPiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820323008109A
- Case key
- 70712
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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
The student pilot was practicing landings with a headwind directly down the runway at 7 knots. During touchdown on his third landing, he lost directional control and the plane veered left and skidded off the runway. The nose gear encountered a side load and failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2374F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0406
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bowman Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bowman Aviation
- Departed
- SMD · Fort Wayne, IN
- Destination
- SMD · Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport
- SMD · Smithfield, runway 23, 3,367 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Observed at
- FWA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.