Piper PA-38-112 N2500T

Summary

On 11 April 2000 at about 16:10 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2500T was involved in an accident near Fresno, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 April 2000 at 16:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Fresno, California, United States

Nearest airport

Fresno Airport (FAT)

Coordinates

36.7761, -119.7192

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2500T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fresno → Fresno

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX00LA149

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's loss of directional control on takeoff that resulted in a collision with a taxiway surface.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The student pilot was on his third solo flight, his first unsupervised. After applying power for a short field takeoff, the student aborted and the airplane began to veer to the left side of the runway. A runway light was hit as the airplane moved into the unpaved area adjacent to the airstrip. In order to decelerate the airplane, the student pulled back on the controls, but the airplane floated before settling again. The airplane continued through the unpaved area and impacted on the taxiway surface where the nose gear collapsed. The short field takeoffs were requested by the instructor prior to the flight. The student's logbooks indicate that he received instruction in short field takeoff procedures on April 8 and 10, 2000.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.