- Date
- August 14, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hobart, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95472Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880814034019A
- Case key
- 14145
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a solo instructional flight for the purpose of practicing crosswind takeoffs and landings, the student pilot failed to adequately compensate for the crosswind and experienced a loss of directional control shortly after the aircraft touched down. The student pilot was unable to regain control of the aircraft; the aircraft departed the right side of the runway, and the right wing struck a pine tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95472
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-25980
- Airframe hours
- 1,820
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Niemeyer Aviation
- Registered owner
- Niemeyer Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1988 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- 3H0 · Hobart Sky Ranch, runway 18, 3,125 × 40 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N95472 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.