Piper PA-28-161 N8234L

Summary

On 2 June 2000 at about 01:45 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N8234L was involved in an accident near Miamisburg, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 June 2000 at 01:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Miamisburg, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Dayton Wright Brothers (MGY)

Coordinates

39.6293, -84.2700

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N8234L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wpafb → Miamisburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC00LA149

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

While landing, during the student pilot's first night flight, the CFI noticed that the visual approach slope indicator (VASI) was 'red over red.' The CFI then heard the engine power begin to increase and assumed that the student was correcting to get back on glide path. Realizing that the student was not adding enough power to correct, the CFI reached for the throttle. The airplane then impacted lighting stanchions located at the approach end of the runway, and came to rest in a grass area. The CFI stated that he was unfamiliar with the fact that there were approach lighting stanchions at the approach end of the runway, and that they were not illuminated at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.