- Date
- April 1, 1988, 18:45 local (Apr 2, 1988, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Prairie, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9213TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880401064959A
- Case key
- 22628
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot lost directional control on the takeoff ground run and the aircraft was damaged after it ran off the runway. The reported weather showed a 90 degree left crosswind at 12 knots velocity with gusts to 20 knots. The plt did not file an acc report. The flt time recorded is that reported on his last medical application, not necessarily his total flt time at the time of the acc. His last medical was on 3/4/88.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9213T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0277
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven C. Burnstein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- F67 · Grand Prairie Municipal, runway 35, 4,000 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NBE, 5 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.