- Date
- May 7, 1985, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82054Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850507017419A
- Case key
- 35874
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Piper PA28-181N82054 landed hard on runway 3 at minute man airport, Stow, mass. The student was performing touch and go landings, on one landing, the pilot stated that the aircraft bounced and then veered to the left. Rudder was applied but there was no reaction, being only a few feet off the runway that aircraft slid off the nose where, skin damage behind the left wing tip and behind the engine cowl.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82054
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8390033
- Airframe hours
- 4
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- G. Baird Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 6B6 · Stow, MA
- Airport
- 6B6 · Minute Man, runway 3, 2,800 × 48 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1 total · 1 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.