- Date
- August 5, 1986, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Grove City, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N91356Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860805037499A
- Case key
- 30397
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Analysis
The instructor plt (CFI) rprtd that shortly after takeoff, after climbing out of gnd effect, the acft seemed to lvl off & stop climbing. He took control fm the student & proceeded to check the instruments, but no specific abnormality was determined. He checked that the throttle & mixture were full forward & applied carb heat to check for carb ice. The stall warning sounded, so he moved the carb heat off & extended one notch of flaps. The acft began dscndg & subsequentlyit hit trees & crash landed in a small 'overgrown' field. A post-accident exam & eng run revealed one magneto had a defective coil & was inop. No other preimpact mechanical problem was found. The CFI had a total flt time of 355.4 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91356
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0006
- Airframe hours
- 1,167
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wings, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1986 · 27 hours before
- Airport
- 29D · Grove City, runway 27, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 355 total · 250 in this make and model · 257 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
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