# Accident 20060714014139A: Piper PA28161, Griffin, GA, July 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: Griffin, GA
- Airport: Griffin-Spalding County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2228° N, 84.2714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2228&lon=-84.2714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N546CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N546CA-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060714014139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM HIS SECOND SOLO LANDING. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT. ON CONTACT WITH THE GROUND HE OVERCORRECTED TO THE LEFT AND LOST CONTROL AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS. HE THEN WENT INTO AND OUT OF A SHALLOW DITCH RAN OVER A TAXIWAY LIGHT TRAVELED ACROSS A TAXIWAY AND ONTO A PARKING RAMP MISSING A PARKED AIRCRAFT BY WHAT WAS ESTIMATED AS 4 INCHES AND THEN INTO A CLOSED HANGAR DOOR. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 ATL06CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA105), Jul 14, 2006: Piper PA-28-161 (N546CA), Griffin, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain direction control of the airplane during the landing roll.

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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