- Date
- June 4, 1983, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Temecula, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2334VPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830604022649A
- Case key
- 23742
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student & instructor (CFI) were on a dual instructional flt in preparation for the student's 1st solo flt. After returning from flt in the local area, they entered the traffic pattern to land on rwy 12. During a final apch to land, the student flew the acft to cross over the threshold at about 3 ft AGL & land about 200 ft down the rwy. As the acft was crossing the threshold, the right main gear struck the top 1 ft of a mound of dirt. The gear failed. During the landing the acft went off the right side of the rwy. The CFI reported that during departure, they made an intersection takeoff, and thus, did not observe the mound of dirt adjacent to the end of the rwy. The CFI also said the mound was the same color as the surrounding terrain & was virtually indistinguishable. Mounds of dirt had been placed around the apch end of rwy 12 in preparation of repairs. The mounds were about 4 ft tall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2334V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0052
- Airframe hours
- 59
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Airmech, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hugh D. And Bonnie B. Lentz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1983 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- 2LO · Rancho California, runway 12, 3,465 × 60 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
- 59
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,020 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.