- Date
- August 21, 1992, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2353LPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920821032719A
- Case key
- 15524
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Probable cause
A premature liftoff and failure to maintain directional control during a takeoff ground run by the pilot in command. A delay in taking remedial action by the designated pilot examiner is an additional cause.
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 accident airplane collided with high vegetation and terrain after a premature liftoff during a takeoff ground run. A designated pilot examiner (DPE) was administering a private pilot flight test to a private pilot candidate. He requested the student pilot demonstrate a short field takeoff. According to the DPE, as the airplane proceeded down the runway it became apparent that the airplane was behind the power curve. He was about to pull the power when the airplane became airborne and made a turn to the left. The left wing hit corn at the side of the runway, pulling the airplane into the corn. The student pilot said he pulled the nose up as soon as possible and used side to side vision to steer the airplane. He said the ride seemed slow and rough. The airplane became airborne momentarily twice. When he spotted the corn he tried to pull up. The airplane lifted but settled back down at the edge of the corn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2353L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A-730
- Airframe hours
- 1,926
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Orval Yarger, doing business as Springfield Air Corp.
- Registered owner
- Orval Yarger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 20, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- CAP · Springfield, IL
- Airport
- 3LC · Logan County, runway 14, 2,700 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 22 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAP, 25 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.