- Date
- June 6, 1982, 13:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Niles, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2588KPiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820606020579A
- Case key
- 72016
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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
At about 1300 EDT, the aircraft took off on a local training flight with a student and a certified flight instructor on board. Later at about 1325, the plane crashed in a wooded area about 1 mi northeast of the approach end of runway 21. One witness reported that before the accident, the plane was in a slow downward rolling pattern. Reportedly, the aircraft leveled out, then the wings tipped from side to side approximately three times. At about that time, the nose dropped to a 45 to 50 deg angle and the plane crashed. An examination of the engine revealed no preimpact failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2588K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0681
- Airframe hours
- 1,423
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Niles Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Niles Airways, Inc.
- Departed
- 3TR · Niles, MI
- Destination
- 3TR · Niles, MI
- Airport
- 3TR · Jerry Tyler Mem
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,688 total · 370 in this make and model · 1,566 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.