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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Eastman, GA · March 10, 2009

Date
March 10, 2009 · 12:30 local
Place
Eastman, GA
Airport
Heart Of Georgia Regional
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
HG6S
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N281HG
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
15 total15 in this make and model15 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) During initial solo flight, student piot experienced a gusty crosswind/tailwind combination that was not properly corrected for during the landing and rollout phase.. The student pilot underestimated the effect of the crosswind and allowed the aircraft to touch down in a crab resulting in a sideload on the gear and yawing that was not corrected for in a timely manner. The student pilot then over controlled the rudder application attempting to counteract the yaw and allowed the aircraft to depart the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING INITIAL SOLO FLIGHT, STUDENT PIOT EXPERIENCED A GUSTY CROSSWIND/TAILWIND COMBINATION THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY CORRECTED FOR DURING THE LANDING AND ROLLOUT PHASE.. THE STUDENT PILOT UNDERESTIMATED THE EFFECT OF THE CROSSWIND AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO TOUCH DOWN IN A CRAB RESULTING IN A SIDELOAD ON THE GEAR AND YAWING THAT WAS NOT CORRECTED FOR IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN OVER CONTROLLED THE RUDDER APPLICATION ATTEMPTING TO COUNTERACT THE YAW AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY.