- Date
- April 15, 1989, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Griffith, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9223TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890415008109A
- Case key
- 14340
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind condition and maintain directional control during the landing. The airplane departed the runway and nosed over in soft terrain. Contributing to the accident was the student's lack of recent experience.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Upon his return from the practice area, the student pilot attempted to perform a full stop landing on runway 8 at Griffith, Indiana. The wind was reported to be 030 degrees at 10 knots by a weather observation facility located 6 NM north of the accident airport. On the first two attempts, the student pilot elected to go-around because he was drifting to the right of the runway. On the third attempt to land, the pilot reported that he was using proper crosswind corrections, and felt the aircraft was aligned with the runway. When the aircraft touched down it veered off the runway into a sandy area, where it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9223T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0282
- Airframe hours
- 2,775
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Great Northern Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner
- Great Northern Arcft Sales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 8, 1988
- Departed
- 05C · Griffith, IN
- Airport
- 05C · Griffith, runway 8, 4,000 × 50 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 21 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYY, 6 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.