- Date
- August 12, 1982, 22:00 local (Aug 13, 1982, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Olympia, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8436BPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72090
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Analysis
This was the student pilot's first night flight. The instructor pilot reported that on the second landing, the aircraft struck an elevated set of approach lights, short of the runway.
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.
Undershoot
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Distance - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
In flight collision with object
Object - approach light/navaidFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8436B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116318
- Airframe hours
- 477
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Vagabond Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Linda Scharf
- Departed
- Olympia, WA
- Destination
- Olympia, WA
- Airport
- Olympia, runway 17, 5,399 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 486 total · 50 in this make and model · 387 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 145 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OLM