# NTSB MIA92LA117: Piper PA-38-112, N2335K, Brooksville, FL, April 26, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 26, 1992, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33087
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA92LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33087/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA117

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS DURING THE LANDING FLARE, IN GUSTY WINDS.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PVT PILOT STATED THAT IN THE LANDING FLARE HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND IT NOSED OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2335K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2335K-1994-05-18), registration cancelled 1994-05-18, S/N 3879A0581 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 79A0581
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ernest O. Seal, Jr.
- Registered owner: Tampa Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 13, 1992, 29 hours before
- Departed: TPF, TAMPA, FL
- Airport: XO5, Pilot Country, runway 36, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 88 total, 72 in this make and model, 46 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 200 nm away

## 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 19920426011089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920426011089A), Apr 26, 1992: Piper PA38112, Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in gusty surface wind. Nosed over on landing.

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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