- Date
- January 12, 1983, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25353Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830112001299A
- Case key
- 12066
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft swerved during landing and the landing gear sheared off. This was a supervised solo flt and the pilot had made one sucessful touch and go landing. During the 2nd landing the acft swerved to the left and the landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25353
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-80A0115
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wright Patterson Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 11, 1982
- Departed
- FFO · Dayton, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SGH · Springfield, runway 33, 5,500 × 150 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 11 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGH
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 N25353 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.