ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354727
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 March 1998 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2438L |
| MSN: | 38-79A0703 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5262 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dubois, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Rexburg, ID (U11) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot had reviewed the intended route of flight, including the Dubois airport, previous to departing Rexburg on his cross country solo. After landing first at Pocatello, and then Arco, he proceeded to Dubois where he found the airport and its single runway (16/34) snow covered. The Airport/Facility Directory effective at the time of the accident advised the reader that 'no winter maintenance' was available and the informational diagram of the Dubois airport (which was Xeroxed on the back side of the student's flight planner log for the accident trip) advised that the 'airport is closed from November to April because of snow.' The student 'decided to do a fly-by (as a missed landing) about 20'-15' above the runway' and reported that when he 'got to the transition point (he) applied full power and pulled the yoke back. Almost instantly, as the plane rotated, (he) felt drag as a wheel caught in the snow.' As the aircraft decelerated, rolling through the snow, the nose gear collapsed.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's misjudgment of altitude/clearance and overloading of the nose gear. A contributing factor was the snow-covered turf runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA98LA043
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 March 1993 | N2438L | Aero Technicians Inc. | 0 | Burley, ID | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Mar-2024 17:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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