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FAA incident report · Piper PA28161 · Goodyear, AZ · August 1, 2007

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Date
August 1, 2007 · 13:21 local
Place
Goodyear, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Goodyear
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N155ND
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
13 total13 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Student on third solo lost directional control of aircraft during the landing part of a planned touch and go. The aircraft veered off the left side of the runway, and struck a taxiway sign which broke off the right main landing gear. The aircraft came to rest on the parallel taxiway. The student stated that on short final, he was holding a "crab" into a slight crosswind and at the last minute during his flare the crosswind changed, and he attempted to straighten the nose with rudder only. The aircraft touched down while the left rudder was still being held in causing the loss of control. The student, his instructor, and the oxford safety officer (the student is enrolled in oxford's part 61 flight school) all stated that the ground training the students receive in the uk call for the use of rudder only, and not aileron, to align the aircraft with the runway so they don't contact the wingtip with the runway. I asked the instructor and safety pilot to discuss this with the general manager and the poi assigned to the school to remedy this situation. The student had been given additional training and evaulated by the standards pilot and has been released for solo flight once again.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT ON THIRD SOLO LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING PART OF A PLANNED TOUCH AND GO. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN WHICH BROKE OFF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THE STUDENT STATED THAT ON SHORT FINAL, HE WAS HOLDING A "CRAB" INTO A SLIGHT CROSSWIND AND AT THE LAST MINUTE DURING HIS FLARE THE CROSSWIND CHANGED, AND HE ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN THE NOSE WITH RUDDER ONLY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WHILE THE LEFT RUDDER WAS STILL BEING HELD IN CAUSING THE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE STUDENT, HIS INSTRUCTOR, AND THE OXFORD SAFETY OFFICER (THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN OXFORD'S PART 61 FLIGHT SCHOOL) ALL STATED THAT THE GROUND TRAINING THE STUDENTS RECEIVE IN THE UK CALL FOR THE USE OF RUDDER ONLY, AND NOT AILERON, TO ALIGN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUNWAY SO THEY DON'T CONTACT THE WINGTIP WITH THE RUNWAY. I ASKED THE INSTRUCTOR AND SAFETY PILOT TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER AND THE POI ASSIGNED TO THE SCHOOL TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. THE STUDENT HAD BEEN GIVEN ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EVAULATED BY THE STANDARDS PILOT AND HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR SOLO FLIGHT ONCE AGAIN.