- Date
- November 29, 1984, 19:00 local (Nov 30, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stuart, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25705Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841129072799A
- Case key
- 31325
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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
Student plt had successfully completed two touch and go landings. On the third landing the acft touched down hard in a three point attitude. A go-around was accomplished and on the last landing, the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25705
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0058
- Airframe hours
- 1,106
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bizport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 13, 1984 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- SUA · Stuart, FL
- Airport
- SUA · Stuart, runway 29, 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 121 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB0
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.