- Date
- April 3, 1984, 15:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Forty Fort, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23217Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840403008409A
- Case key
- 35530
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Sequence of events
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Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Analysis
During a supervised solo flt, the student plt had difficulty with directional control on his 6th landing. Subsequently, the acft swerved & the landing gear and wing were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23217
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A072
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Columbia Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1984 · 36 hours before
- Airport
- Wyoming Valley, runway 6, 3,450 × 148 ft, asphalt
N23217Registration cancelled Nov 8, 2017 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 18 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.