Piper PA-38-112 N9182A

Summary

On 2 March 2008 at about 20:47 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N9182A, operated by East Coast Aero Club, was involved in an accident near Norwood, Massachusetts, United States. 2 people were 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

2 March 2008 at 20:47

Classification

Accident

Location

Norwood, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Norwood Memorial Airport (KOWD)

Coordinates

42.1906, -71.1731

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N9182A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

East Coast Aero Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bedford → Norwood

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA08CA071

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the flightcrew to maintain directional control of the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight crew was advised by air traffic control that the wind was from 320 degrees at 13 knots with gusts to 16 knots, and was cleared for a touch-and-go landing on runway 35. After touchdown with neutral aileron and rudder control input, the student glanced to remove carburetor heat and retract the flaps but looked outside of the cockpit and noted the airplane was moving towards the right side of the runway and was not lined up. The certified flight instructor took control of the airplane and attempted to correct but the right main landing gear collided with a snow bank at the right edge of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.