- Date
- April 24, 1982, 11:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Dubuque, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2586BPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820424011449A
- Case key
- 70513
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on a solo cross-country flight. After arriving at Dubuque, he landed on runway 18. The student stated that the wind was from 230 degrees at 16, gusting 23 knots. He reported that during the landing, the plane was lifted off two times by wind gusts. On the third touchdown, the plane landed hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2586B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0133
- Airframe hours
- 1,781
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Neiderhauser Airways
- Registered owner
- Neiderhauser Airways
- Departed
- Waterloo, IA
- Destination
- Dubuque, IA
- Airport
- DBQ · Dubuque Municipal, runway 18, 4,900 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DBQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.