- Date
- February 9, 1982, 18:30 local (Feb 10, 1982, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hickman, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2562KPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820209070159A
- Case key
- 71020
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had landed at turlock muni arpt from a solo x-country flt from oakland. After encountering difficulty in starting the engine, the plt departed turlock for oakdale. About 3-5 min later the engine sounded "badly" & the plt madea precautionary landing at hawke private duster strip. After checking out the engine, the plt departed hawke. The plt again encountered the engine problem & decided to return to hawke arpt. He then could not find the arpt & landed in a dry lake bed within 300 yards of the arpt. The plt reported that there was no loss of RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2562K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879 A0680
- Airframe hours
- 886
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Airmotive Co. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Western Airmotive Co. Inc.
- Departed
- Riverbank, CA
- Destination
- O27 · Oakdale, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 63 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 124 °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.