# Accident 20071231828819A: Piper PA12, Santa Ana, CA, December 31, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2007, 12:08 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Coun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6756° N, 117.8681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6756&lon=-117.8681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2800D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2800D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,784 total, 7 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071231828819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING ROLL OUT THE OWNER/PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE CFI IN THE BACK SEAT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE, AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY WHICH RESULTED IN A PROP STRIKE AND THE LEFT WING IMPACTING WITH THE PAVEMENT.

## 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 SEA08CA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA056), Dec 31, 2007: Piper PA-12 (N2800D), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the student to maintain directional control during landing and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.

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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