- Date
- October 2, 1985, 14:24 local (19:24 UTC)
- Place
- Terre Haute, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3768UPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851002028459A
- Case key
- 13343
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft rt main & nose gear collapsed during a forced landing after a power loss during takeoff. The student plt was at the controls when the eng quit at about 300 ft AGL. The CFI took the controls and turned left toward a taxiway for the landing. The acft landed between the rwy & taxiway in a grouth of soybeans. The cultivated area collapsed the landing gear bending the rt wing during the sliding stop. Post acc inspection showed no abnormalities or defects in the powerplant or systems. Wx conditions were not conducive to carb icing and no evidence was found to indicate carburetor ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3768U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0301
- Airframe hours
- 831
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H And D Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1985 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- HUF · Terre Haute, IN
- Destination
- HUF · Terre Haute, IN
- Airport
- HUF · Hulman Regional, runway 13, 5,290 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 328 total · 97 in this make and model · 184 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUF, 1 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.