Piper PA-38-112 N23882

Summary

On 11 March 1984 at about 22:15 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N23882, operated by John Tate, was involved in an accident near Sonoma, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 March 1984 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Sonoma, California, United States

Nearest airport

Sonoma Skypark (0Z9)

Coordinates

38.2407, -122.4595

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N23882

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John Tate

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84LA218

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PLT HAD PREVIOUSLY SOLOED ON 12/4/83 & HAD ACCUMULATED ABOUT 30 HRS OF TOTAL TIME OF WHICH 3.7 HRS WERE SOLO. JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLT, THE STUDENT'S INSTRUCTOR HAD FLOWN WITH HIM & HE HAD COMPLETED 4 LANDINGS ON THAT FLT. THE STUDENT THEN WENT ON A SOLO FLT TO MAKE 3 MORE LANDINGS. AFTER THE LAST LANDING (A TOUCH-&-GO), HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS & ADDED POWER TO TAKEOFF AGAIN. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, THE ACFT VEERED LEFT, WENT OFF THE RWY & SUBSEQUENTLY HIT A DITCH & WAS DAMAGED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.