- Date
- August 16, 1984, 20:55 local (Aug 17, 1984, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Minden, LA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3962WPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840816043819A
- Case key
- 21427
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a night instructional flt on landing approach, the instructor pilot reported that the student over corrected for a high approach by closing the throttle. The acft hit the ground before he could establish control of the resulting high rate of sink.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3962W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-940
- Airframe hours
- 2,997
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- G. W. Lary
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1984 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- F24 · Minden, runway 1, 5,000 × 75 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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 3 in this make and model · 283 as pilot in command · 101 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SHV, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.