ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234274
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| Date: | Monday 2 September 2019 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Pilots Choice Aviation Equipment Leasing |
| Registration: | N6400A |
| MSN: | 38-78A0415 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6223 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Taylor, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Georgetown, TX (GTU) |
| Taylor, TX (T74) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and student pilot were conducting a training flight, which included touch-and-go landings. During the landing rollout and with about 2,000 ft of runway remaining, the instructor directed the student to transition to a soft-field takeoff. The student conducted the takeoff and attempted to climb with a high pitch attitude, but the airplane settled back to the ground off the end of the runway. The airplane subsequently impacted a ditch, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The instructor reported that the pitch attitude during the climbout was too high and that he should not have directed the student to attempt a soft-field takeoff given the runway distance remaining. The instructor reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student's soft-field takeoff, which resulted in an excessive pitch attitude, settling effect, and impact with a ditch off the end of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 23-Mar-2020 18:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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