- Date
- August 21, 1982, 13:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15373Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820821040669A
- Case key
- 72084
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot reported that during a landing, the aircraft ballooned and he overcorrected. The nose gear assembly was damaged during touchdown and the rudder pedals became inoperative. The student lost directional control andcollided with a parked aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15373
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325051
- Airframe hours
- 1,781
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Trigg Theimer
- Registered owner
- C.S.A. Corporation
- Departed
- 2EJ · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- 2EJ · Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport
- 2EJ · Expressway, runway 20, 3,000 × 70 ft, asphalt
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 203 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N15373 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.