- Date
- January 22, 1985, 17:00 local (Jan 23, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sahuarita, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2403APiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850122006039A
- Case key
- 24657
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Judgment - poorCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequateFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Acft veered to the right during landing roll on an abandoned airstrip. Right wing contacted a tree aprx 1 ft inboard on right wing tip deforming the main spar. Trees lined both sides of the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2403A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0671
- Airframe hours
- 3,999
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hudgin Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 1, 1984 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- Sahurita Abandoned, runway 12, 4,000 × ft, asphalt
N2403ARegistration cancelled Jan 16, 2018 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,039 total · 150 in this make and model · 7,818 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.