46.0469° N, 118.4172° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MARTIN FLD (S95), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 18, 1979 · 12:30 local
Place
College Place, WA
Airport
Martin
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6528C
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
44 total44 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Student retracted flaps on rollout and lost directional control. Ran into asparagus damaging wingtip.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT RETRACTED FLAPS ON ROLLOUT AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. RAN INTO ASPARAGUS DAMAGING WINGTIP.