- Date
- October 15, 1986, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Leroy, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60CSPiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861015049149A
- Case key
- 30550
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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.
Hard landing
Airspeed - improperCause
Flare - misjudgedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
Flight instructor simulating an emergency landing, landed on main landing gears and tail. Aircraft veered to the right off the runway and collided with bushes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60CS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0162
- Airframe hours
- 815
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William D. Bader
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 1986 · 18 hours before
- Airport
- 5G0 · Leroy, runway 28, 2,650 × 35 ft, asphalt
N60CSRegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2013 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 309 total · 15 in this make and model · 167 as pilot in command · 83 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- 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.