- Date
- January 13, 1985, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Compton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9755TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850113000709A
- Case key
- 24631
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Analysis
As the student plt was about to touchdown on rwy 25L the acft swerved to the left. He attempted a go-around & in order to avoid parked acft to the south of the adjacent taxiway he applied aft elevator & stalled the acft, landing upon & destroying two other acft & subsequently damaging a third. The wind was calm 6 miles south of the accident site. According to the plt the wind at the accident site was from the north & blew the acft to the left. The plt's logbook revealed no documented go-around practice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9755T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78AO187
- Airframe hours
- 57,322
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Melvin M Mills
- Registered owner
- Billy Don Sims
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1984 · 2,122 hours before
- Departed
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Destination
- CMP · Compton, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- CMP · Compton
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 53 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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