- Date
- April 21, 1993, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mineral Point, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2352RPiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15700
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
During take-off in a crosswind, the student pilot failed to maintain directional control. The aircraft swerved off the left side of the runway into a drainage ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2352R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79-A0022
- Airframe hours
- 2,993
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Nadzieja, Fred R.
- Registered owner
- Lancaster, Catherine M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1993 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- C32 · Iowa County Airport, runway 4, 3,600 × 60 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 71 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 42 nm away