- Date
- December 8, 1983, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Prospectville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1412XPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831208060129A
- Case key
- 35479
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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 - in flight
Object - tree(s)
Flare - misjudgedCause
TotalCause
Directional control - not possibleCause
Analysis
The plt stated that he inadvertently flared too high during his landing on rwy 32. The stall warning horn sounded and the left wing stalled. He said he added power but the aircraft did not respond to flt controls and flew left into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1412X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Turner Field, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Prospectville, PA
- Airport
- N34 · Turner Field, runway 32, 2,150 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °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.