# NTSB CHI88DEP03: Piper PA-38-112, N25760, Sheboygan, WI, January 24, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: January 24, 1988, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Sheboygan, WI
- Coordinates: 43.719799, -87.820419 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7198&lon=-87.8204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13875
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88DEP03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13875/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEP03

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF A TOUCH AND GO. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A SNOWBANK COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25760](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25760-2012-11-27), registration cancelled 2012-11-27, S/N 38-81A0073 (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 81A0073
- Airframe hours: 2017
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Chaplin Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, October 27, 1987, 83 hours before
- Departed: SBM, SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WI
- Airport: SBM, Sheboygan Cty Memorial, runway 31, 3,950 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 19 °F

## 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 19880124007869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880124007869A), Jan 24, 1988: Piper PA38112, Sheboygan, WI, Substantial damage. Student lost control and skidded into a snowbank while on a touch and go on a snow packed slippery runway.

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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