To the list of pluses for the Tomahawk add Fuel Capacity. It has
nearly 2 hours more range than most 150/152's.

As an interesting note if you research the NTSB reports for Spin
Accidents in Pa38's you will find that for the most part only Flight
Instructors and Examiners seem to have issues with the Stall spin
Charateristics.

I have taught a lot of pilots to fly in Tomahawks and I think they are
great. My biggest pluses are, in no particular order,the Switchable
fuel tanks, Large Cockpit, and Fuel Capacity.

Brian
CFIIG/ASEL

I couldn't find those reports. In fact, I found only a dozen reports
overall for the PA38. And only one of those was a stall/spin -- a
student pilot who ran out of gas on takeoff and tried to turn back to
the airport at too low an altitude.

Apparently I am doing something that limits the search too much. The
only parameter I have is PA38 and any time from 1950 to the present.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

There are a lot more reports when requested as PA-38.

However, there is certainly a better way to access and sort on the probable
cause that actually opening and reading all of the reports from the Accident
Database on the web site. Regretably, I don't know the efficient way to
accomplish it; but I really doubt that stall/spin will be a significantly
more frequent cause than other aircraft. More likely, it just scared a lot
of people away from practicing spin training.

Perhaps Ron W. will contribute--and possibly even hint at his research
technique.

Peter