# NTSB CHI86LA213: Piper PA-38-112, N2352N, Clintonville, WI, August 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1986, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Clintonville, WI
- Coordinates: 44.619304, -88.750808 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6193&lon=-88.7508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13516
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA213
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13516/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA213

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - simulated, pilot in command
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

FOLLOWING AT LEAST THREE SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE LOW APPROACHES TO A FARM FIELD, THE STUDENT PILOT CLIMBED OVER A SMALL WOODED AREA AND DID A 180 DEGREE TURN TO PERFORM AN APPROACH TO ANOTHER FIELD. HE FLEW DOWN TO WITHIN 20 FEET OF THE GROUND, THEN APPLIED FULL POWER TO CLIMB BACK UP. DURING THE GO-AROUND, HIS RIGHT WING STRUCK THE HIGHEST LINE OF A POWER LINE ARRAY AT THE END OF THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT YAWED AND LOST ALTITUDE; HOWEVER, THE STUDENT RECOVERED AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT AN AIRFIELD ABOUT 15 MILES AWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2352N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2352N-1991-03-13), registration cancelled 1991-03-13, S/N 3879A0800 (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: 38-79A8088
- Airframe hours: 1100
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Atlantic West Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 4, 1986
- Departed: MCX, MONTICELLO, IN
- Destination: CLI, CLINTONVILLE, WI
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19860824081599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860824081599A), Aug 24, 1986: Piper PA38112, Clintonville, WI, Substantial damage. The aircraft struck wires during practice approaches to a hay field. Student pilot.

## Other investigations on N2352N (1)

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 NYC88LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA076), Feb 5, 1988: Piper PA-38-112 (N2352N), Williamstown, NJ, destroyed

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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