# Accident 20100108025929A: Piper PA-28-181, Apple Valley, CA, January 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2010, 09:58 local time
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5753° N, 117.1861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5753&lon=-117.1861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29285, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 38 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100108025929A

## Narrative

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

DURNING LANDING ROLL OUT ON RUNWAY 18 AT KAPV THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT RIGHT.  PILOT ON THE CONTRLS APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER THEN BRAKE WITHOUT RESULTS.  THE CFI IN THE RIGHT SEAT ALSO ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT CONTINUING RIGHT DRIFT WITHOUT CORRECTIVE RESPONSE. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SIGN ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY IN THE VACINITY OF TAXIWAY A5.  RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLASPSED.WING SPAR, ALERON AND FLAP SPARS DAMAGED,  WHOLE PUNCHED THROUGH THE WING, INBOARD OF THE FUEL TANK.

## 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 WPR10LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA105), Jan 8, 2010: Piper PA-28-181 (N29285), Apple Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll and the check airman’s delayed remedial response.

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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