# NTSB SEA85LA133: Piper PA-38-112, N6456A, Las Vegas, NV, June 10, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 10, 1985, 06:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Coordinates: 36.039752, -114.930679 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0398&lon=-114.9307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40173
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40173/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA133

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - misjudged, dual student (contributing factor)
  - altitude - misjudged, dual student (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Altitude deviation,uncontrolled, go-around (vfr)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT A BOUNCED LANDING WAS MADE. THE ACFT BOUNCED NOSE HIGH TO ABOUT 20 FT AGL. THE ACFT THEN VEERED LEFT OF THE RWY AFTER FULL POWER HAD BEEN ADDED AND FLAPS REDUCED FROM 40 DEGREES TO 25 DEGREES FOR AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AT ABOUT 50 KNOTS INDICATED THE ACFT STRUCK SOME ROCKS TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6456A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6456A-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 38-78A0431, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Registry model: [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (registry code 7103812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 38-78A0431
- Airframe hours: 1527
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Darrell Jenson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 6, 1984
- Departed: LAS, LAS VEGAS, NV
- Destination: L15, LAS VEGAS, NV
- Airport: L15, Sky Harbor, runway 18, 5,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,179 total, 126 in this make and model, 1,160 as pilot in command, 107 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850610023799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850610023799A), Jun 10, 1985: Piper PA38112, Henderson, NV, Destroyed. Bounced on landing and go around attempted. CFI took controls but aircraft hit ground beside runway hard.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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