# NTSB MIA83LA005: Piper PA-38-112, N2447F, Brooksville, FL, October 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1982, 10:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Location: 28.4735° N, 82.4561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKSVILLE-TAMPA BAY RGNL (BKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4735&lon=-82.4561&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70042
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70042/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA005

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2447F-2012-09-06), registration cancelled 2012-09-06, S/N 38-79A0454, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Registry model: [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (registry code 7103812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 38-79A0454
- Airframe hours: 1852
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821005051109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821005051109A), Oct 5, 1982: Piper PA38112, Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage. Nose landing gear collasped on third touch and go landing. Examination showed a clean break from impact damage.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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