- Date
- August 4, 1987, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Prospectville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N33791Piper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870804043119A
- Case key
- 30712
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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 student plt was practicing takeoffs & landings. He rprtd that on the 2nd apch, he appeared to be landing too long, so he initiated a go-around. However, he said the acft then entered a departure stall & settled into shrubs & trees adjacent to the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33791
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287525237
- Airframe hours
- 3,016
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Turner Field, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 3, 1987 · 61 hours before
- Airport
- N34 · Turner Field, runway 32, 2,150 × 50 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.