- Date
- May 31, 1982, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Pierce, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9655TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820531021049A
- Case key
- 70789
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the student pilot, the nose gear collapsed during the takeoff roll after he applied back pressure for a climb attitude at about 60 to 62 knots. He stated that the aircraft did not want to climb, and simultaneously, the nose dropped. An investigation revealed that the plane had been involved in a hard landing about three weeks previously. The propeller and engine mount had been replaced, but there was no logbook entry regarding any repair on the landing gear system. An examination of the landing gear fracture did not show evidence of corrosion, fatigue, or previous crack.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9655T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38 78AQ152
- Airframe hours
- 1,433
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanford Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Stanford Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- FPR · Ft. Pierce, FL
- Destination
- FPR · Ft. Pierce, FL
- Airport
- FPR · St. Lucie County, runway 22, 5,000 × 200 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 15 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 12 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.