- Date
- January 23, 1981
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2531CPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810123001369A
- Case key
- 127753
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0058 81/1/23 CEDAR RAPIDS,IA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1652 N2531C PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR RAPIDS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR RAPIDS,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- 1ST SOLO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2531C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Rapids Muni
N2531CRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.