- Date
- March 24, 1990, 13:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Wausau, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2331CPiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900324005229A
- Case key
- 14649
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Probable cause
A hard landing resulting from the pilot not taking timely remedial when a stall was encountered.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Student pilot on cross country flight from winona, Minnesota to Wausau, Wisconsin, made approach for landing on runway 30 at Wausau. Stall warning horn came on when he flared over the runway numbers for landing. Pilot continued to hold back pressure on the controls. At approximately 10 feet above the runway, the aircraft rolled to the right and made hard landing shearing the right main landing gear. Pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2331C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 79A0155
- Airframe hours
- 2,863
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Four Lakes Aeronautical Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1990 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- ONA · Winona, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- AUM · Wausau Muni, runway 30, 4,399 × 100 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 35 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.