- Date
- July 1, 1986, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2428PPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860701033399A
- Case key
- 30370
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 plt intended to practice a short field landing & extended full flaps. Initially, his apch was higher & faster than normal. However, before landing, a high sink rate developed. The acft touched down hard, the right wing dropped & the acft started to turn right. The plt maintained control & continued flt off of the rwy & over a grass area, then the acft settled gently on a taxiway. During the sequence, the right main gear collapsed & 2 rwy lights were damaged. The plt was not sure whether the right main gear had failed from the hard landing or from hitting a rwy light. The plt rprtd the wind was from the sw at 15 KTS, but the UNICOM operator had rprtd the wind was light & variable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2428P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A1028
- Airframe hours
- 2,429
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- No. Central Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1985
- Airport
- SFZ · North Central State, runway 5, 5,000 × 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
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 207 total · 69 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 46 °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.