- Date
- October 16, 1982, 00:16 local (05:16 UTC)
- Place
- Stevens Point, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2428LPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821016052989A
- Case key
- 72729
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft porpoised during landing. The pilot stated that he bounced off the main gear then the nose gear. He then applied power but the aircraft continued to bounce. After he shut down power to the engine the aircraft continued to bounce finally coming to rest on its nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2428L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879A0700
- Airframe hours
- 1,247
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sentry Aviation Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sentry Aviation Services, Inc.
- Departed
- C · Dubuque, IA
- Destination
- C · Stevens Point, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- STE · Stevens Point, runway 30, 4,036 × 15 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2428L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.