- Date
- February 4, 1984, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Easton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91332Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840204002289A
- Case key
- 35499
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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
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Touch-and-go - performedCause
TotalCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The student plt on his first solo flt veered off the rwy into a snowbank and nosed over. The plt said a puddle of water on the rwy contributed to the beginning of the swerve and he could not recover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91332
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0168
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Braden Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- N43 · Easton, PA
- Airport
- N43 · Easton, runway 35, 2,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
N91332Registered now · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.