- Date
- March 1, 1982, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Temple, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2395LPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820301001439A
- Case key
- 72801
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Level off - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The pilot decided to practice takeoffs and landings on runway 15 with the wind from 190 degrees at 20 gusting 30 KTS. During the first landing, the aircraft touched down, bounced/ballooned, then touched down hard in a nose down attitude. The aircraft was substantially damaged when the nose gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2395L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0692
- Airframe hours
- 856
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Temple Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Temple Aviation Inc.
- Departed
- TPI · Temple, TX
- Destination
- TPI · Temple, TX
- Airport
- TPI · Temple Municipal, runway 15, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 5 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 20 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.