- Date
- June 23, 1985, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sheldon, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6209APiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850623043849A
- Case key
- 33969
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Lack of total experience
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The student plt was on a solo x-country flight. After the nose wheel touched down on landing, the acft veered left, went into a corn field & nosed over. The plt stated that he may have let the nose wheel contact the rwy before he neutralized the rudder control. He reported that the wind was from the nne at 13 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6209A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3878A0345
- Airframe hours
- 1,464
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald H. Mcclintock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1985
- Departed
- EST · Esterville, IA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SHL · Sheldon Muni, runway 33, 2,800 × 50 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 40 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 22° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.