- Date
- July 29, 1987, 20:00 local (Jul 30, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Benton, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2355NPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870729040089A
- Case key
- 34421
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While practicing soft field take offs, student plt with CFI over rotated acft causing premature flt before attaining vxse airspeed. CFI attempted to correct the situation, but acft settled in uncontrolled descent beyond the airport boundary. Acft struck the terrain and was substantally damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2355N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879A0803
- Airframe hours
- 1,735
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel E. Lamaster
- Registered owner
- Daniel E. Lamaster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1987 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- 1K1 · Benton, KS
- Airport
- 1K1 · Benton, runway 16, 2,600 × ft, dirt
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 754 total · 3 in this make and model · 531 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.