- Date
- April 21, 1983, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Middleton, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2444NPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12138
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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
According to the instructor pilot the student did not release enough back pressure or use enough right rudder after the acft became airborne. The acft drifted left and was going to stall. The instructor took over and landed the acft. The left main gear came down aprx 1 foot off the left side of the asphalt. The drag was great enough to pull the acft to the left as it was decelerating. The engine gear sheared off in the soft ground and the acft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2444N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0845
- Airframe hours
- 2,250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Four Lakes Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- C29 · Morey, runway 31, 2,975 × 40 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,971 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 7 nm away
Other investigations on N2444N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.