- Date
- September 12, 1982, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corvallis, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2535PPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820912045179A
- Case key
- 70352
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Analysis
The flight instructor stated that while on a low final approach, a sudden downdraft of windshear occurred causing the aircraft to drop and the right wing to hit the top of a tree. Upon impact the aircraft spun out of control and impacted the ground.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2535P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A1018
- Airframe hours
- 1,130
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero-Phsik, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Marys Pear Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- CVO · Corvallis, OR
- Destination
- CVO · Corvallis, OR
- Airport
- CVO · Corvallis Municipal, runway 27, 5,058 × 150 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
- 20
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 950 total · 308 in this make and model · 874 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.