- Date
- March 4, 1984, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Norwood, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9175APiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840304005889A
- Case key
- 35510
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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 plt was practicing touch and go landings. The plt reported that the acft encountered a strong gust of wind about 5 ft AGL during the 2nd landing. The touchdown was made on the right main gear as the acft skidded and bounced. The next landing was on the nose gear and the propeller hit the rwy as the acft skidded to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9175A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0106
- Airframe hours
- 652
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wiggins Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1983 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- Norwood, MA
- Airport
- OWD · Norwood, runway 35, 3,993 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °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.