# NTSB FTW82DA240: Piper PA-38-112, N25096, Denton, TX, June 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 22, 1982, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Denton, TX
- Coordinates: 32.820854, -97.360397 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8209&lon=-97.3604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70454
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70454/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA240

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS A FOREIGN NATIONAL THAT WAS ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO MAKE A TOUCH-AND-GO AND THEN LAND. HE MADE A HIGH APPROACH THAT ENDED IN A BOUNCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N25096 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 38-80A0021
- Airframe hours: 1939
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: K. Balachandran
- Registered owner: Derek R. White
- Departed: FORT WORTH, TX
- Destination: DENTON, TX
- Airport: DTO, Denton, runway 17, 5,000 × 0 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 190 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820622024099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820622024099A), Jun 22, 1982: Piper PA38112, Denton, TX, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing, used improper correction. Porpoised before stopping on runway. Bent nose gear and firewall.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.