Piper PA-38-112 N2609G

Summary

On 10 June 1988 at about 21:15 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2609G, operated by Int'l Flight Center, was involved in an accident near McCormick, South Carolina, 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

10 June 1988 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

McCormick, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

McCormick Co. (SC41)

Coordinates

33.9103, -82.2906

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2609G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Int'l Flight Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Athens → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88LA192

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 PILOT WAS ON HER SECOND SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. SHE HAD DEPTD DONALDSON CENTER NEAR GREENVILLE, SC AND HAD FLOWN TO ATHENS, GA WHERE SHE HAD COMPLETED A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO MCCORMICK, SC AND FLEW OVER THE AIRPORT TO CHECK THE WINDSOCK. IT WAS FAVORING RWY 36. WHEN SHE WAS ON EITHER BASE OR FINAL SHE STATED THAT THE WIND WAS 'SWITCHING AROUND'. SHE FLEW A NORMAL FINAL USING THE SLIP METHOD TO CORRECT FOR DRIFT. AT TOUCHDOWN SHE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON ALL THREE WHEELS AND THE NEXT THING SHE KNEW THE AIRPLANE HAD COME TO STOP ON ITS NOSE. THE STUDENT HAD ABOUT 15 HOURS IN THE AIRPLANE AT THE TIME, OF WHICH 5 HOURS WERE SOLO.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.