- Date
- May 10, 1987, 09:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2315VPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870510014569A
- Case key
- 25587
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an instructional flt, the student plt had control of the acft during a soft field take-off. The student did not keep the acft aligned with the centerline even after the instructor told the student to add right rudder to stop the drift. Just prior to lift-off the instructor had to add right rudder, and when the acft veered sharply to the right, the instructor took over. The instructor was unable to keep the acft on the rwy. The acft was just airborne at this time then touched down on the left main aprx 6 ft from the edge of the rwy. The acft traveled aprx 80 ft airborne when the right main gear struck a taxiway sign and sheared the gear off. The instructor then landed the acft on the rwy. The taxi sign was approx 8 feet from the edge of the rwy. FAA ac 150/5340-18B states that information signs are to be located 10 ft from the edge of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2315V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0085
- Airframe hours
- 2,877
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chandler Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · April 27, 1987 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler, runway 22, 4,395 × 75 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,327 total · 158 in this make and model · 1,021 as pilot in command · 277 in the last 90 days · 92 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX, 14 nm away
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 N2315V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.