# Incident 19951023044759I: Piper PA28160, Franklin, NC, October 23, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1995, 12:00 local time
- Place: Franklin, NC
- Airport: Macon County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2223° N, 83.4200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON COUNTY (1A5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2223&lon=-83.4200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5599W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5599W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 35 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951023044759I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE STUDENT PILOT WAS MAKING HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, A SERIES OF THREE TAKEOFFS, FOLLOWED BY FULL STOP LANDINGS. SOLO ENDORSEMENTS WERE PROPERLY MADE, AND 80 HOURS OF DUAL INSTRUCTION HAD BEEN LOGGED IN PREPARATION FOR SOLO. THE FAA CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS WATCHING, AND AVAILABLE ON THE AIRPORT'S UNICOM RADIO FREQUENCY. ON THE THIRD FULL STOP LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT HAD A PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT WHEN HE PUSHED IN THE CARBURETOR HEAT KNOB, HE ALSO PUSHED IN THE ADJACENT THROTTLE KNOB. HE COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY HE HAD DONE THIS, BUT POSSIBLY IT WAS AN UNCONSCIOUS HABIT FROM HAVING DONE SO MANY DUAL "TOUCH AND GO" LANDINGS. IN ANY CASE, WITH FULL THROTTLE, THE PLANE ACCELERATED AND VEERED LEFT, AND HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE PLANE CROSSED THE GRASSY AREA ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY, AND THEN A DITCH, WHERE IT COLIDED WITH THE FAR SIDE EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER, ENGINE, ENGINE COWLING, ENGINE MOUNT, AND NOSE LANDING GEAR WERE DAMAGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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