- Date
- December 2, 1987, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2405FPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871202070489A
- Case key
- 32102
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Analysis
The student plt became lost while on a solo x-c training flt. He attempted to contact his non control tower destination airport via UNICOM. He stated that he flew around for 20 or 25 mins attempting to make UNICOM contact & was unsuccessful in doing so. He then attempted to land in a field where the acft flipped upside down. The student stated that he had received training in lost procedures & knew how to contact st. petersburg fss, the nearest facility to him, but he failed to do so. The student plt could offer no explanation as to why he did not contact them or some other facility.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2405F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 79A0420
- Airframe hours
- 4,226
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Safety Internat'L, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flt Safety International, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 12, 1986 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- OMN · Ormond Beach, FL
- Destination
- X05 · Brooksville, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 61 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2405F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.