20040224003259A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-20 · Laurel, MT · February 24, 2004

Date
February 24, 2004 · 08:00 local
Place
Laurel, MT
Airport
Laurel Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7312K
Reported as
Piper PA20
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
56 total15 in this make and model7 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.

(-23) At approximately 0800 hours local, the student pilot was conducting his second landing on his first supervised solo. After touchdown, the student pilot lowered his flaps and drifted right of the runway centerline. He attempted to correct his drift with the left rudder and brake. The aircraft tail lifted up and the aircraft flipped over on its back.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 HOURS LOCAL, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIS SECOND LANDING ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE STUDENT PILOT LOWERED HIS FLAPS AND DRIFTED RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT HIS DRIFT WITH THE LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT TAIL LIFTED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.