- Date
- February 28, 1992, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Williamstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26007Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920228004709A
- Case key
- 37132
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Probable cause
Improper bounced landing recovery by the pilot which resulted in a loss of control and the airplane striking a parked airplane.
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 pilot was making his first landing on his first supervised solo when he bounced and lost directional control. The airplane veered to the left, continued off the runway, struck the ground and a parked airplane. The student pilot had 14 hours total time, all within the proceeding 90 days, and 7 hours within the proceeding 30 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26007
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-8140096
- Airframe hours
- 4,339
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Willshire Aviation
- Registered owner
- Willshire Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 83 hours before
- Airport
- 17N · Crosskeys, runway 27, 3,500 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.