- Date
- July 1, 1982, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ambler, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N75286Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820701026999A
- Case key
- 69762
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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.
Analysis
The student pilot stated that during the landing approach, she experienced windshear resulting in the aircraft landing short of the intended touchdown point. The nose gear and the left main gear were sheared off after the aircraft collided with a dirt embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75286
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7625211
- Airframe hours
- 3,386
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Turner Field, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Turner Field, Inc.
- Departed
- Salisbury, MD
- Destination
- Jayton, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Turner Field, runway 32, 2,150 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 163 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.