- Date
- May 16, 1982, 18:46 local (May 17, 1982, 00:46 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsbluff, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N25718Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820516019469A
- Case key
- 72579
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that during an approach for a touch and go landing, at an altitude of about 50 feet above the runway the aircraft began to drop. He applied throttle and the engine hesitated, failing to accelerate until just before impact with the runway. The aircraft was not equipped with an accelerator pump and required engine power to be applied at a slower rate to reduce engine hesitation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25718
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3881A0061
- Airframe hours
- 119
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dwane A. Willis II
- Registered owner
- Valley Airways Inc.
- Departed
- BFF · Scottsbluff, NE
- Destination
- BFF · Scottsbluff, NE
- Airport
- BFF · Scottsbluff Company, runway 30, 8,280 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 3 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 127 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.