20081001857339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Crookston, MN · October 1, 2008

Date
October 1, 2008 · 15:30 local
Place
Crookston, MN
Airport
Crookston Municipal Kirkwood Fld
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N251ND
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN09CA008
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
8 total8 in this make and model8 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) The airman had just completed 5 takeoffs and landings with a certified flight instructor (CFI) and received a safe for solo endorsement. Shortly thereafter, while the CFI observed from a remote locations, the student pilot flew his first solo flight. During his second landing the student pilot locked the right brake and began to skid. The airman lost control of the aircraft, the aircraft departed the runway in a skid and upon passing over culvert, the left main landing geara was severed from the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRMAN HAD JUST COMPLETED 5 TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WITH A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND RECEIVED A SAFE FOR SOLO ENDORSEMENT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WHILE THE CFI OBSERVED FROM A REMOTE LOCATIONS, THE STUDENT PILOT FLEW HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. DURING HIS SECOND LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT LOCKED THE RIGHT BRAKE AND BEGAN TO SKID. THE AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY IN A SKID AND UPON PASSING OVER CULVERT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEARA WAS SEVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.