- Date
- March 17, 1985, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Byron, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2369PPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24679
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Go-around - attemptedFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - uncontrolledFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The CFI & student plt were practicing takeoffs & landings. During the students second apch, the acft was too high & fast. The acft touched down midfield, left of the rwy, & in the grass. The CFI applied pwr to takeoff, however, the acft stalled and the left wing tip hit the ground & a fence post. The student plt had a total of 40 hrs dual & had not soloed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2369P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A-0967
- Airframe hours
- 2,469
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Navajo Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1985 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- 4Q5
- Airport
- 4Q5 · Byron Airpark, runway 22, 2,220 × 30 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 625 total · 200 in this make and model · 575 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg