- Date
- December 18, 1983, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25687Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831218061459A
- Case key
- 12505
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a snow bank during the landing roll and nosed over. The rwy was covered with snow and was slick. The solo student plt said he landed with more airspeed than normal and the acft started to go to the left on the rwy. The plts attempted corrections with rudder and brake did not stop the deviation and the acft contacted a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25687
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0054
- Airframe hours
- 1,095
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mayer Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 13, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 21D · St. Paul, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HYR · Hayward Municipal, runway 2, 5,000 × 75 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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -15 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU, 70 nm away
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 N25687 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.