- Date
- April 6, 1993, 12:13 local (17:13 UTC)
- Place
- Plattsmouth, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2530BPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930406008019A
- Case key
- 15586
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command (CFI)'s failure to maintain airspeed.
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 and a primary student were maneuvering the airplane at minimum airspeed approximately 650 ft above ground level, with the flaps fully extended. The airplane experienced a stall and subsequently entered a flat spin prior to impacting the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2530B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0111
- Airframe hours
- 6,141
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Offutt Afb Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Offutt Afb Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1993 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- OFF · Offutt Afb, NE
- Destination
- OFF
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,477 total · 167 in this make and model · 2,080 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OFF, 9 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.