- Date
- October 5, 1982, 10:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Brooksville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2447FPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821005051109A
- Case key
- 70042
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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
The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings. According to him, the nose gear collapsed as he lowered the nose on his third landing. The propeller struck the runway surface and the plane veered to the left. After departing the left side of the runway, the plane nosed over. An examination of the nose gear revealed no evidence of fatigue, corrosion or previous cracks. The engine mount and upper landing gear structure were found to be buckled and showed evidence of vertical deceleration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2447F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0454
- Airframe hours
- 1,852
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- American Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- BKV · Brooksville, FL
- Destination
- BKV · Brooksville, FL
- Airport
- BKV · Hernando County, runway 20, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.