- Date
- September 21, 1984, 21:00 local (Sep 22, 1984, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Elmo, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25687Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840921055269A
- Case key
- 12782
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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
Pilot stated that he landed near the approach end of runway 13 and 'right side of aircraft collapsed.' The investigation revealed that the aircraft landed 50 feet to the right side of runway 13. The pilot recorded only a total of 4 hours of night time, 2 hours as PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25687
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0054
- Airframe hours
- 1,596
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mayer Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 16, 1984 · 900 hours before
- Airport
- 21D · Lake Elmo, runway 13, 2,600 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 822 total · 49 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STP, 30 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.