- Date
- February 27, 1982, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Easton, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9344TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70545
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
A takeoff was initiated on runway 17 with the wind from the southwest at 15 knots. During the takeoff roll, control of the aircraft was lost when a gust of wind was encountered. The plane struck a snowbank beside the runway and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9344T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78A0049
- Airframe hours
- 1,129
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bradens Flying Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bradens Flying Service Inc.
- Departed
- Easton, PA
- Destination
- Easton, PA
- Airport
- Easton, runway 17, 2,000 × 50 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,074 total · 292 in this make and model · 918 as pilot in command · 168 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles