- Date
- June 15, 1992, 13:08 local (20:08 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder City, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2516DPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920615020289A
- Case key
- 27435
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Probable cause
The instructor pilot's inadequate supervision of the student pilot to insure the proper flap setting for takeoff which resulted in the proper climb rate not being attained. Contributing to the accident was rising terrain.
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 collided with an unmarked power transmission line static cable during the takeoff climb after executing a touch and go maneuver. The airplane was at a constant airspeed and low altitude above the upsloping terrain located north of the airport. The airplane then struck the static cable with its right wing as it entered a right turn. The 20:1 approach clear zone plane ratio for the departure end of the runway is obstructed by an approximate four foot high dirt berm. Rising terrain continues north of the airport but does not obstruct the 20:1 clearance ratio. Power transmission lines cross runway 33'S extended centerline on a northwesterly heading about 3,800 feet from the runway end. Support towers for the power transmission line cables are about 60 feet above ground level, but did not extend into the 20:1 clearance ratio. The power transmission lines are depicted on the sectional aeronautical chart. The airplane's flaps were found to be fully extended. The Piper information manual does not prescribe the use of full flaps for any takeoff maneuvers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2516D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0349
- Airframe hours
- 4,554
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Desert Southwest Airlines
- Registered owner
- Tomohawk Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1992 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- 61B · Boulder City, runway 33, 3,850 × 75 ft
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 970 total · 155 in this make and model · 719 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.