- Date
- July 31, 1988, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Jacob, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9291TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880731028619A
- Case key
- 14125
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the initial climbout the student pilot failed to attain sufficient altitude to clear the power lines located off of the departure end of the runway. When the pilot realized that he would not be able to clear the power lines, he elected to attempt to fly under them. The aircraft collided with a second (lower) set of wires and fell to the ground. The temperature was 92 degrees f at the time of the acc.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9291T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0329
- Airframe hours
- 3,963
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Shafer, Edward B., doing business as Ed Shafer Instruction
- Registered owner
- Shafer, Edward B
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 6, 1988 · 16 hours before
- Airport
- 3K6 · Shafer Metro East Airport, runway 13, 2,600 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 49 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLV, 12 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.