# Accident 20090811013259A: Piper PA38112, Kamiah, ID, August 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2009, 11:00 local time
- Place: Kamiah, ID
- Airport: Kamiah Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2197° N, 116.0136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2197&lon=-116.0136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N939RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N939RG-2009-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 43 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA392) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090811013259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED KAMIAH AIRPORT (S73) FOR A LOCAL SOLO PRACTICE FLIGHT IN PREPARTION FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE.  PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR LATER TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.  ON HIS SECOND LANDING, PILOT INDICATED HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS AT 70KTS.  AS HE REDUCED POWER AND BEGAN HIS FLARE THE LEFT WING SUDDENLY DROPPED.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT AILERON AND RUDDER, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT THE RUNWAY SKIPPED AND BOUNCED PULLING THE AIRCRAFT LEFT.  AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME THE PILOT WAS NEAR THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL VEERING LEFT.  PILOT INDICATED HE WAS STILL ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT TO THE RIGHT WITH RUDDER BUT HAD NO CONTROL RESPONSE.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY LEFT TOWARD AN AIRCRAFT AND SHACK.  PILOT DECIDED HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO ATTEMPT A GO AROUND.  THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE NOSE OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT VEERING IT EVEN MORE LEFT.  THE LEFT WING AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE CORNER OF THE SHACK SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT LEFT AND COMING TO REST.  THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND MASTER SWITCH AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.  PILOT REPORTED A MINOR SCRAPE TO HIS KNUCKLE IN WHICH HE RECEIVED TWO STITCHES.

## 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 WPR09CA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA392), Aug 11, 2009: Piper PA-38-112 (N939RG), Kamiah, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N939RG (1)

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

- [Accident 20060325004079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060325004079A), Mar 25, 2006: Piper PA38112 (N939RG), Marana, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was attempting to takeoff from runway 30. During takeoff roll pilot lost control of aircraft and veered off the left side of the runway colliding…

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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