- Date
- July 31, 1988, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Flint, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2539GPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880731028419A
- Case key
- 14127
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a solo instructional flight for the purpose of practicing takeoffs and landings, the student pilot executed a hard landing. The aircraft bounced; when it touched down again, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded to a stop on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2539G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0550
- Airframe hours
- 3,451
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Green, Michael R.
- Registered owner
- Green, Patrick K.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 14, 1988 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- 09G · Mason, MI
- Airport
- FNT · Bishop International, runway 36, 7,848 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 29 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.