- Date
- August 12, 1991, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2507BPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910812033999A
- Case key
- 36987
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane, resulting in the airplane departing the runway and impacted with the terrain.
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
During the take off roll from a touch and go landing the air plane started to drifted left. The CFI instructed the student to apply right rudder, but the airplane continued to drift left. The runway in use at the time was 08 and according to the CFI the winds were 360 at 10 knots. The CFI then applied right rudder, however the airplane pivoted onto the grass. The airplane nosed over in the grass and came to rest upside down. The FAA examined the airplane and found no discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2507B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-7970096
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Beaver Aviation Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Beaver Aviation Service Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- BTP · Butler County, runway 8, 4,000 × 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,039 total · 374 in this make and model · 951 as pilot in command · 94 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.