- Date
- February 10, 1984, 19:38 local (Feb 11, 1984, 03:38 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4552QPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840210006139A
- Case key
- 24187
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Completing a night instrument private pilot biennial flight reivew, the acft was issued landing clearance for rwy 28L. On short final the pvt plt began to align the acft to land on rwy 28R which was closed for maintenance & not illuminated. The instructor plt became aware of the intent to land on the closed rwy & instructed the plt to abort the landing attempt. The acft touched down on rwy 28R and collided with a concrete construction block.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4552Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7703127
- Airframe hours
- 1,192
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-F, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark L. Rutkoskie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 5, 1983 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- SFO · San Francisco, CA
- Airport
- HWD · Hayward Air Terminal, runway 28R, 3,536 × 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 378 total · 144 in this make and model · 303 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HWD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.