- Date
- August 22, 1987, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buckeye, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2483LPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870822049829A
- Case key
- 25671
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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.
Analysis
A Piper PA-38-112 landed hard on the runway while on a VFR training flight. The certificated flight instructor (CFI) indicated that the student pilot made an abrupt aft yoke (up elevator) application during the landing flare. The aircraft ballooned approximately 10 feet above ground level. The CFI took the controls and attempted to demonstrate 'that the aircraft was still sensitive to control inputs.' The CFI then realized he was too high and felt the aircraft start to sink. He added full power to arrest the descent. The aircraft continued to descend and landed hard resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2483L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879A0718
- Airframe hours
- 3,125
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fuller Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 4, 1987 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- GYR · Goodyear, AZ
- Destination
- BXK · Buckeye, AZ
- Airport
- BXK · Buckeye Muni, runway 35, 4,300 × 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 742 total · 170 in this make and model · 2,968 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 66 °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.