- Date
- January 18, 1984, 12:21 local (18:21 UTC)
- Place
- Holman, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9555TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840118000889A
- Case key
- 12529
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After flying in the local area for aprx 40 minutes the plt decided to shoot a landing at an airpark before returning to his home arpt. The plt stated that he applied carb heat on the downwind leg and then returned it to off position. He flew the remainder of the pattern with no carb heat. On final, when the plt applied 'a little' power, the eng would not respond. The plt was unable to restart the eng and landed the acft short of the rwy in snow covered terrain. The nose gear assem'y buckled during landing. The eng was run after the accident and found to be capable of normal operation. The temp/dew point was 12/-5 deg f respectively.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9555T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3878A0130
- Airframe hours
- 1,064
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Viking Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 1983 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- LSE · Lacrosse, WI
- Airport
- 36WI · Holland, runway 36, 3,200 × 60 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 40 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 12 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LSE, 8 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.