- Date
- August 13, 1982, 12:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2454FPiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820813039749A
- Case key
- 71354
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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 was making takeoffs & landings on his first solo flt. During final approach the tower instructed the plt to go around due to spacing behind another acft. The plt stated he applied full power, retracted flaps, climbed out to 800 ft & turned crosswind. From this point witnesses reported that the acft began a descending left turn which continued to ground contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2454F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0455
- Airframe hours
- 624
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hill Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hill Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- Lancaster, PA
- Destination
- Lancaster, PA
- Airport
- Lancaster, runway 31, 4,100 × 100 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.