- Date
- July 3, 1985, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Granbury, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2342NPiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850703031689A
- Case key
- 21785
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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.
Analysis
The student allowed the airspeed to deteriorate during the initial takeoff climb and lost control of the aircraft at about 50 feet above the ground. According to the CFI the student then froze on the controls and he (the CFI) was unable to lower the nose to gain sufficient airspeed for recovery. The aircraft descended into a field alongside the runway and ran through a wire fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2342N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0794
- Airframe hours
- 3,388
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Derek R. White, doing business as Anglo American Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- Derek R. White
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1985
- Destination
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- FSS · Granbury
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 745 total · 390 in this make and model · 607 as pilot in command · 189 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °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.