- Date
- January 3, 1983, 11:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25920Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830103000059A
- Case key
- 12061
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that as she was crossing the threshold she noticed that the acft had been blown over too FAR to the rightof the rwy. After correcting for this, she leveled off too high & the acft nosed down onto the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25920
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A-0082
- Airframe hours
- 752
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2D, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Olsen Flight Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 1982 · 100 hours before
- Airport
- DET · Detroit City, runway 33, 5,091 × 100 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET
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 N25920 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.