- Date
- October 16, 1988, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25619Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881016048339A
- Case key
- 26273
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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
In both his oral and written statements, the student pilot stated that during the landing roll he lost directional control of the airplane. The student attempted to make a go-around, but before becoming airborne the airplane veered to the left of the runway centerline and departed the runway. The airplane then crossed a grass divider and collided with a fence, trees and utility pole. The student pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25619
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7103812
- Airframe hours
- 4,468
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Satchell, Charles, doing business as Bud Walen Flight Shcool
- Registered owner
- Charles Satchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 15, 1988 · 21 hours before
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16L, 4,000 × 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 54 °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.