# Incident 20090609009459I: Jabiru J170SP, Walla Walla, WA, June 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2009, 20:40 local time
- Place: Walla Walla, WA
- Airport: Walla Walla Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0925° N, 118.2841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALLA WALLA RGNL (ALW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0925&lon=-118.2841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N583J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N583J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jabiru USA Sport J170-SP (registry code 060001S, https://openairdocs.org/model/jabiru-usa-sport-j170-sp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 2200 (registry code 34800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-2200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JABIRU J170SP
- Reported engine: AMTR JABIRU2200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 38 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090609009459I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THIS LIGHT-SPORT JABIRU WAS BEING FLOWN BY A STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO.  ON THE THIRD LANDING, AFTER ALL THREE WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT.  THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER WITH NO EFFECT.  THIS AIRCRAFT HAS NOSE WHEEL STEERING BUT NO DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING.  THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL AND THE NOSE WHEEL WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A SHALLOW DRAINAGE DITCH.  THE PROP HIT THE ASPHALT AND CAME TO A STOP.  NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND.  THE STUDENT PILOT ADMITTED THAT AFTER THE GEARS TOUCHED DOWN, RELEASED, AND LET HIS FEET SLIP A BIT UP ON THE STEERING/RUDDER BAR.  THIS ACTION LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF RUDDER/STEERING INPUT THAT WAS AVAILABLE DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE RUDDER/STEERING BAR TO THE FIREWALL.

## Other reports on N583J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20081005847459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081005847459I), Oct 5, 2008: J170SP (N583J), Walla Walla, WA, Minor damage. (-23) While conducting a touch and go the pilot looked down into the cockpit to push in the carburetor heat. As he looked back up he felt the aircraft fish…

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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