- Date
- May 7, 1982, 10:12 local (14:12 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9346TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820507014609A
- Case key
- 70798
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated that on his third landing, the crosswind was more noticeable. During the landing roll, he lost directional control while he was applying brakes. The aircraft went off the runway, collided with a ditch, and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9346T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A005
- Airframe hours
- 1,608
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gulf Atlantic Corp
- Registered owner
- Joseph Piazza
- Departed
- GNV · Gainesville, FL
- Destination
- GNV · Gainesville, FL
- Airport
- GNV · Gainesville, runway 24, 4,147 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 19 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 163 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.