- Date
- April 8, 1986, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hesperia, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5889VPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860408010529A
- Case key
- 25115
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a solo instructional flight the student plt attempted to land on a 3910-foot-long rwy which had its landing threshold displaced by 550 feet. The wind was light & variable, & the student plt was low on short final approach. The acft collided with the airport's perimeter fence. The student plt had a total of 11.9 PIC hrs. & 52.7 dual flight hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5889V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7790507
- Airframe hours
- 3,915
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- B.P. & M.M. Theuret
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 8, 1985 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Destination
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Airport
- L26 · Hesperia Air Lodge, runway 21, 3,910 × 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 65 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5889V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.