- Date
- March 11, 1984, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sonoma, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N23882Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840311005609A
- Case key
- 24202
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt had previously soloed on 12/4/83 & had accumulated about 30 hrs of total time of which 3.7 hrs were solo. Just prior to the accident flt, the student's instructor had flown with him & he had completed 4 landings on that flt. The student then went on a solo flt to make 3 more landings. After the last landing (a touch-&-go), he retracted the flaps & added power to takeoff again. At about the same time, the acft veered left, went off the rwy & subsequently hit a ditch & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23882
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A1060
- Airframe hours
- 2,090
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John Tate
- Registered owner
- James P. Mcveigh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 11, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- 0Z9 · Sonoma Skypark, runway 26, 2,500 × 50 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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