- Date
- September 12, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Melville, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46395Fairchild M-62A (PT-19)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840912048099A
- Case key
- 21463
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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
Flare - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fence
Analysis
The student plt stated that the acft touched down long and bounced. He applied power to go-around and lost directional control colliding with a fence on the left side of the rwy. The wind was clam.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46395
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62A (PT-19) (M-62A (PT-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T42-1811
- Airframe hours
- 3,374
- Engine
- Ranger L440-1, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Wiltz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 27, 1983 · 62 hours before
- Airport
- 4LA8 · Hanks, runway 30, 2,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 22 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.