- Date
- June 14, 1988, 14:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2387TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880614020109A
- Case key
- 32021
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 25 yr old student plt was practicing take-offs & ldgs on rwy 11L in preparation for his pvt plt flt test. When he departed, about 1.9 hrs prior to the accident, the winds were 090 degs at 13 knts. At the time of the accident the winds had increased to 18 knts with turbulence. The student plt had required extra instruction in the area of x-wind ldgs previously. He stated he was using rudder only to correct for drift & did not use aileron as he was afraid he would drag a wing. The acft was observed flying an erratic final, losing directional control during touchdown & departing the runway. The aircraft then flipped over to an inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2387T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78A0786
- Airframe hours
- 3,931
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Safety, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 2, 1988 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- VRB
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach, runway 11L, 2,650 × 50 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 72 in this make and model · 72 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.