19951017041099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Morristown, NJ · October 17, 1995

Date: October 17, 1995 · 14:36 local
Place: Morristown, NJ
Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N444KC
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,786 total22 in this make and model114 in the last 90 days

N444KCRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7325504 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: student pilot was attempting to make a cross-wind landing. At approximately 10 feet above the runway, the instructor attempted to take control of this aircraft to correct a drift that the student was not correcting. As the instructor was taking the controls, the student pilot suddenly took out the right rudder he was using for the cross-wind, and applied left rudder. The aircraft yawed to the left, and touched down on the right main gear. As the aircraft swerved back to the right, the student pilot locked up the brakes causing the aircraft to enter a skid. The instructor was unable to overcome the control inputs of the student, and the aircraft departed the runway. The aircraft struck a taxiway sign, and came to a stop on the left side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A CROSS-WIND LANDING. AT APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THIS AIRCRAFT TO CORRECT A DRIFT THAT THE STUDENT WAS NOT CORRECTING. AS THE INSTRUCTOR WAS TAKING THE CONTROLS, THE STUDENT PILOT SUDDENLY TOOK OUT THE RIGHT RUDDER HE WAS USING FOR THE CROSS-WIND, AND APPLIED LEFT RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT, AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. AS THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED BACK TO THE RIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT LOCKED UP THE BRAKES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ENTER A SKID. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO OVERCOME THE CONTROL INPUTS OF THE STUDENT, AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN, AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.