ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362325
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| Date: | Friday 12 March 1993 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38 |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Technicians Inc. |
| Registration: | N2438L |
| MSN: | 38-79A0703 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4142 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Burley, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pocatello, ID (KPIH) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT, WHO WAS ON HER FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, BECAME CONFUSED ABOUT RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION NOMENCLATURE, AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 20 INSTEAD OF RUNWAY 02. IN HER ATTEMPT TO LAND WITH A 18 TO 20 KNOT TAILWIND, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL, AND THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF.
Probable Cause: LANDING ON THE WRONG RUNWAY AND AN IMPROPER TOUCHDOWN. LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN TYPE OF OPERATION WAS A FACTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA93LA077
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 March 1998 | N2438L | Private | 0 | Dubois, ID | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Mar-2024 20:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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