# Accident 19970414005899A: Piper PA28160, Pickens, SC, April 14, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1997, 18:45 local time
- Place: Pickens, SC
- Airport: Pickens County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8808° N, 82.6996° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8808&lon=-82.6996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5363W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5363W-2013-01-30) (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 O320B2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970414005899A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AT LIFTOFF ON TOUCH AND GO. VEERED OFF RUNWAY ON RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE WHEEL DOWN A HILL INTO TREES. (-23) DURING HIS TAKEOFF THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT WHILE SKIDDING ON THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR REMAINED AIRBORNE.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR MADE CONTACT AFTER SKIDDING ON THE RUNWAY AND ON THE EDGE OF THE GRASSY AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER THE EMBANKMENT. THE SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY AND ON THE GRASS ALONG WITH A STATEMENT FROM IA MECHANIC WOULD CONFIRM THE PILOT'S STATEMENT.

## 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 MIA97LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA138), Apr 14, 1997: Piper PA-28-160 (N5363W), Pickens, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll from a touch-and-go landing, which resulted in the airplane going off the side of the runway, down an embankment,…

## Other reports on N5363W (1)

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

- [Incident 19891201064929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891201064929I), Dec 1, 1989: Piper PA28160 (N5363W), Norwich, NY, Minor damage. Engine quit when pilot switched to right tank. Landed in river. Right tank had adequate fuel.

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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