- Date
- April 5, 1992, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Brookfield, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6350APiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920405008899A
- Case key
- 15421
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot (CFI) to attain the proper touchdown point for landing. Factors related to the accident were: the unfavorable wind condition, the excessive descent rate that developed on final approach, and the cfi's delay in taking remedial action to correct the situation.
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
The instructor (CFI) and student plt were practicing pattern work. The CFI took control of the acft to demonstrate a short field landing. He rprtd that just before reaching the rwy threshold, an excessive sink rate developed from what he believed was a down burst. He initiated a go-around, but the acft touched down on a gravel embankment before reaching the paved rwy. Subsequently, the nose gear broke off & the acft nosed over. The CFI had a total flt time of about 430 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6350A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0393
- Airframe hours
- 2,982
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Brookfield Pilot Service
- Registered owner
- Brookfield Pilot Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 24, 1992 · 48 hours before
- Airport
- 02C · Capitol Airport, runway 21, 3,555 × 45 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 430 total · 22 in this make and model · 323 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UES, 5 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.