- Date
- February 10, 1988, 08:17 local (16:17 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25732Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880210002269A
- Case key
- 25949
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on his second supervised solo and had executed a go-around on his first attempted touch & go maneuver. The plt reentered the traffic pattern and landed on runway 34L. The airplane exited to the left of the runway onto the grass. With the flaps fully extended the pilot added full power and began another takeoff. Shortly after liftoff the plt fully retracted the flaps and the airplane settled to the ground and collided with three parked airplanes. The student plt sustained minor injuries and reported that he did not experience any airplane preimpact malfunctions or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25732
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3881A0066
- Airframe hours
- 2,936
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bud Walen Aviation
- Registered owner
- David P Park
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 18, 1987 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- VNY
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 34L, 8,001 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.