- Date
- February 23, 1988, 15:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Benito, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N24447Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880223003409A
- Case key
- 22619
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was making a touch and go on his second solo flt. After the flaps were retracted and the power was increased, the acft veered to the right and hit a runway light. The acft then continued into the dirt beside the runway where the nose gear broke and the acft stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24447
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 58-79A1123
- Airframe hours
- 2,003
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mcmaster, Robert S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 22, 1987 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- T66
- Destination
- T66
- Airport
- T66 · San Benito Exec, runway 30, 3,200 × 50 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
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRL, 6 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.