- Date
- September 8, 1984, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ellendale, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2414LPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840908047569A
- Case key
- 35766
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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
Engine instruments,oil temperature gage - overtemperatureFactor
Precautionary landing - performed
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Total
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - crop
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
Due to high oil temp the solo student plt elected to make a precautionary landing. During the rollout a x-wind from the right resulted in the acft drifting left off the rwy. The left wing struck soy bean plants causing the acft to spin to the right collapsing the right main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2414L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0698
- Airframe hours
- 2,426
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dawn Aeronautics
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 10, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- Wilmington, DE
- Destination
- Ellendale, DE
- Airport
- West Field, runway 9, 1,800 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °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.