- Date
- August 9, 1982, 19:10 local (Aug 10, 1982, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7904CPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820809038279A
- Case key
- 72684
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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
After passing over an imaginary obstacle during a short field landing, the student flared high without adding sufficientpower causing the acft to increase the descent rate. The CFI took control but was too late resulting in a hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7904C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7610064
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B485, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- James N. Myers
- Registered owner
- B & I Tire Company
- Departed
- 3DW · Springfield, MO
- Destination
- 3DW · Springfield, MO
- Airport
- 3DW · Springfield Downtown, runway 28, 3,830 × 35 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,125 total · 665 in this make and model · 2,890 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.