- Date
- May 25, 1984, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Williamsport, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25CKPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840525049629A
- Case key
- 35663
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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 aircraft was engaged in student flight training; the student was performing touch and go landing in shifting, gusty wind conditions. A gust hit the aircraft on short final and the student was unable to recover control before a hard landing and bounce occurred. The low time instructor pilot took control of the aircraft too late to prevent a second hard landing which collapsed the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25CK
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3881A0062
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lycoming Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1984 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- IPT · Williamsport, PA
- Airport
- IPT · Williamsport, runway 15, 3,500 × 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 321 total · 102 in this make and model · 163 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.