- Date
- January 31, 1982, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Deland, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21481Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820131003479A
- Case key
- 70437
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While practicing normal approaches and landings the student allowed the aircraft to get too low on final approach. The instructor took the controls but was unable to prevent a touchdown short of the runway threshold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21481
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 7916044
- Airframe hours
- 2,526
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 161 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Nova Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Lambrights T.V. Inc
- Departed
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Destination
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport
- DED · Deland Municipal, runway 18, 5,999 × 200 ft, macadam
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 326 total · 50 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 31 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.