- Date
- March 6, 1985, 12:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2365FPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850306008789A
- Case key
- 13021
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience in type operationCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The acft collided with a snowbank during takeoff after the plt lost directional control. The takeoff was attempted on rwy 22. The wind was from 180 degrees at 13 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2365F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0403
- Airframe hours
- 2,149
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chaplin Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Destination
- SBM · Sheboygan, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MSN · Dane County, runway 22, 4,699 × 100 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 305 total · 305 in this make and model · 117 as pilot in command · 305 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.