# NTSB CHI88LA109: Piper PA-38-112, N43DR, Indianapolis, IN, May 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1988, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Location: 39.8431° N, 85.8977° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS RGNL (MQJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8431&lon=-85.8977&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14073
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14073/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA109

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N43DR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43DR-1997-12-13), registration cancelled 1997-12-13, S/N 3882A0016 (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: 38-82A0016
- Airframe hours: 1760
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: All-Safe Flight Corporation
- Registered owner: All-Safe Flight Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 6, 1988, 8 hours before
- Destination: IN
- Airport: MQJ, Mr. Comfort, runway 16, 3,901 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 381 total, 88 in this make and model, 320 as pilot in command, 61 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: IND, 19 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880508015219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880508015219A), May 8, 1988: Piper PA38112, Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Student made hard landing. Right main gear collapsed due to attach bolt failure from overstress and metal fatigue.

## Other investigations on N43DR (2)

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 CHI97LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA295), Sep 17, 1997: Piper PA-38-112 (N43DR), Greenwood, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the go-around, which resulted in an inadvertant stall. A factor related to the accident was the raising of flaps.
- [NTSB DEN84LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA257), Aug 19, 1984: Piper PA-38 (N43DR), Cheyenne, WY, substantial damage

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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