# NTSB FTW84LA413: Piper PA-38-112, N2416G, Rosenburg, TX, September 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1984, 17:36 local (22:36 UTC)
- Place: Rosenburg, TX
- Coordinates: 29.540143, -95.790534 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5401&lon=-95.7905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21481
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA413
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21481/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA413

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS SUBST DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ACFT WAS ON THE RETURN LEG OF A X-COUNTRY WHEN THE STUDENT PLT BECAME LOST & WHILE SEARCHING FOR AN ARPT RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2416G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 38-79A0522
- Airframe hours: 952
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Patricia M. Sampson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 2, 1984, 34 hours before
- Departed: T39, HUNTSVILLE, TX
- Destination: LBX, LAKE JACKSON, TX
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 12 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °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 19840930055309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840930055309A), Sep 30, 1984: Piper PA38112, Rosenburg, TX, Substantial damage. Solo student became lost on crosscountry. Fuel exhausted, flipped over after striking dirt embankment on landing.

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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