- Date
- October 6, 1988, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Castle, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2542DPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881006044729A
- Case key
- 36318
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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 CFI and student plt were practicing touch and go landings. The CFI said the landing was long and the aircraft was not quite aligned with the rwy. By the time the aircraft was realigned and under control the CFI thought there was insufficient rwy to stop so he added power to takeoff. There were trees off the end of the rwy and the acft cleared the first row of trees but collided with the second row and crashed in the field beyond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2542D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0364
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Beaver Aviation Service
- Registered owner
- Beaver Aviation Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 2G7
- Destination
- 2G7
- Airport
- 2G7 · New Castle, runway 31, 2,855 × 100 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
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 100 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 160 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.