# NTSB CHI84LA061: Piper PA-38-112, N25687, Hayward, WI, December 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 18, 1983, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Hayward, WI
- Coordinates: 46.010082, -91.479026 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0101&lon=-91.4790&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12505
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12505/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA061

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - above, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25687-1994-06-24), registration cancelled 1994-06-24, S/N 3881A0054 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Registry model: [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (registry code 7103812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 38-81A0054
- Airframe hours: 1095
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831218061459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831218061459A), Dec 18, 1983: Piper PA38112, Hayward, WI, Substantial damage. Landed on a snow and ice covered runway. Veered off into asnowbank on the rollout. Aircraft stopped inverted.

## Other investigations on N25687 (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA147), Jul 27, 1989: Piper PA-38-112 (N25687), River Falls, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER REMEDIAL ACTION BY THE PILOT FOLLOWING AN ABRUPT MANEUVER. THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL AVIATION EXPERIENCE WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.
- [NTSB CHI84LA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA399), Sep 22, 1984: Piper PA-38-112 (N25687), Lake Elmo, MN, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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