# Accident 20080529838779A: Piper PA28161, Grand Forks, ND, May 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2008, 09:52 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 47.9597° N, 97.1825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9597&lon=-97.1825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N220ND-2010-04-26) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080529838779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS A STUDENT IN FIXED WING AIRCRAFT, BUT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE IN HELICOPTERS.  HE REPORTS THAT WHILE ON FINAL FOR LANDING AND CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY, HE WAS CONCERNED THAT HE WAS LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE, FOR WHICH HE ATTEMPTED CORRECTIVE ACTION.  HE REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT ABRUPTLY AND HE ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND.  HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED MORE TO THE LEFT AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE PILOT'S SEAT PROPERLY ADJUSTED WHICH MAY NO HAVE GIVEN HIM FULL AUTHORITY FOR BRAKES AND RUDDER MOVEMENT.

## 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 CHI08CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA142), May 29, 2008: Piper PA-28-161 (N220ND), Grand Forks, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintained directional control during the aborted landing. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's total lack of experience in the type of airplane.

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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