- Date
- June 18, 1983, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Morgan Hill, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2315VPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830618029189A
- Case key
- 23756
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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 acft made a hard landing during a student training flt. The student pilot had made one landing and one go-around. He attempted another landing but landed hard without enough of a flare. The nose gear bent, the prop curled and the engine mounts were buckled. The acft remained upright and on the runway. The wind was directly down the runway at 10 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2315V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 82A005
- Airframe hours
- 720
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 2 Genes Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 20, 1982 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- Q99 · S. County Airport, runway 32, 3,100 × 75 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2315V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.