# Accident 19960910026749A: Piper PA28140, Lancaster, CA, September 10, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1996, 11:25 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7197° N, 118.4795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7197&lon=-118.4795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4308F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4308F-1997-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960910026749A

## Narrative

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

VEERED ON TOUCH AND GO. OVERCORRECTED. SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED IN SOFT SOIL. BENT A WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX96LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA332), Sep 10, 1996: Piper PA-28-140 (N4308F), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the student pilot to maintain direction control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve and subsequent collapse of the nose gear, during an encountered with soft…

## Other reports on N4308F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890825040869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890825040869I), Aug 25, 1989: Piper PA28140 (N4308F), Beaver Falls, PA, Minor damage. Student landed hard. On rollout, aircraft swerved onto grass due to overcontrol of rudder. Damage to nose wheel.
- [Accident 19801226078539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801226078539A), Dec 26, 1980: Piper PA28140 (N4308F), Palenville, NY, Destroyed. Encountered severe downdraft at 1000 feet above terrain. Unable to check descent. Struck trees on a ridge.

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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