Piper PA-38-112 N2405F

Summary

On 2 December 1987 at about 21:10 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2405F, operated by Flight Safety Internat'l, Inc., was involved in an accident near San Antonio, Florida, 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

2 December 1987 at 21:10

Classification

Accident

Location

San Antonio, Florida, United States

Coordinates

28.3303, -82.2694

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2405F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Safety Internat'l, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ormond Beach → Brooksville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88LA051

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 BECAME LOST WHILE ON A SOLO X-C TRAINING FLT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT HIS NON CONTROL TOWER DESTINATION AIRPORT VIA UNICOM. HE STATED THAT HE FLEW AROUND FOR 20 OR 25 MINS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE UNICOM CONTACT & WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD WHERE THE ACFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED TRAINING IN LOST PROCEDURES & KNEW HOW TO CONTACT ST. PETERSBURG FSS, THE NEAREST FACILITY TO HIM, BUT HE FAILED TO DO SO. THE STUDENT PLT COULD OFFER NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY HE DID NOT CONTACT THEM OR SOME OTHER FACILITY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.