- Date
- November 21, 1980
- Place
- Grove City, PA · GROVE CITY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2414FPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801121074219A
- Case key
- 127989
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3307 80/11/21 GROVE CITY,PA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N2414F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 38, 1033 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GROVE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GROVE CITY,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - FAILURE TO RELINQUISH CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- DURING ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND STUDENT PLT FROZE ON CONTROLS.INST PLT UNABLE GAIN CONTROL OF A/C.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2414F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grove City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.