# NTSB FTW82DA345: Piper PA-28-140, N15373, Oklahoma City, OK, August 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1982, 13:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Coordinates: 35.46915, -97.519844 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4691&lon=-97.5198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72084
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA345
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72084/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA345

## 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)
  - flt control syst,rudder control - jammed
  - landing gear,steering system - inoperative
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15373), registered now, S/N 28-7325051 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7325051
- Airframe hours: 1781
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820821040669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820821040669A), Aug 21, 1982: Piper PA28140, Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage. Landed hard on the nose which collapsed from the impact. Aircraft skidded into a parked aircraft. .

## Other investigations on N15373 (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN75DQA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DQA26), Jan 25, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N15373), Dexter, NM, substantial damage

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.

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