- Date
- April 6, 1984, 18:00 local (Apr 7, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- St. Joseph, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25731Piper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840406015059A
- Case key
- 33664
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Flare - misjudgedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The acft was landed in a gusty crosswind. The acft ballooned and landed hard which collapsed the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25731
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0065
- Airframe hours
- 1,224
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Express Flight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 30, 1983 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- EMP · Emporia, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- STJ · Rosecrans Memorial, runway 17, 8,059 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.