20061020024469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Santa Rosa, CA · October 20, 2006

Date
October 20, 2006 · 11:10 local
Place
Santa Rosa, CA
Airport
Sonoma County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5951U
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
76 total52 in this make and model12 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) Student solo pilot landed to the left of centerline and the aircraft continued to track left towards the runway edge. Student pilot corrected with excessive right rudder and when the aircraft veered right he countered with left rudder. The aircraft then turned left 180 degrees and the propeller and right wingtip struck the ground. Nose wheel fork was bent during the process.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT SOLO PILOT LANDED TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRACK LEFT TOWARDS THE RUNWAY EDGE. STUDENT PILOT CORRECTED WITH EXCESSIVE RIGHT RUDDER AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT HE COUNTERED WITH LEFT RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED LEFT 180 DEGREES AND THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK THE GROUND. NOSE WHEEL FORK WAS BENT DURING THE PROCESS.