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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · St Petersberg, FL · March 27, 2017

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Date
March 27, 2017 · 16:43 local
Place
St Petersberg, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N405A
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A4M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
364 total194 in this make and model83 in the last 90 days
N405ARegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 2843738 · Built 2013Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O-360-A4M4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was cleared for a touch and go. The student pilot landed the aircraft just to the right of the runway centerline. The instructor put the flaps up and the student went to full power for the takeoff and then tried applying left rudder to get back on the runway centerline. Student over-corrected which caused the aircraft to begin a skid. The instructor immediately realized that aircraft would not be able to takeoff given the skid, and that they were below rotation speed with the flaps up. The instructor immediately said ?my controls? And pulled the power back to idle and started applying brakes. Given the skid, it was not possible to steer the aircraft to the right toward the runway centerline without an adverse outcome, so the instructor kept the nose straight while braking. The aircraft barely exited the runway into the grass at a very slow speed where the instructor shut down the engine and exited the aircraft. There was no damage that the instructor could see to the aircraft or runway. There was no damage found on the runway post incident. Maintenance performed an inspection of the aircraft and, not finding any damage, returned the aircraft to service.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR A TOUCH AND GO. THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE INSTRUCTOR PUT THE FLAPS UP AND THE STUDENT WENT TO FULL POWER FOR THE TAKEOFF AND THEN TRIED APPLYING LEFT RUDDER TO GET BACK ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. STUDENT OVER-CORRECTED WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BEGIN A SKID. THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKEOFF GIVEN THE SKID, AND THAT THEY WERE BELOW ROTATION SPEED WITH THE FLAPS UP. THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY SAID ?MY CONTROLS? AND PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE AND STARTED APPLYING BRAKES. GIVEN THE SKID, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT TOWARD THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE WITHOUT AN ADVERSE OUTCOME, SO THE INSTRUCTOR KEPT THE NOSE STRAIGHT WHILE BRAKING. THE AIRCRAFT BARELY EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AT A VERY SLOW SPEED WHERE THE INSTRUCTOR SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE THAT THE INSTRUCTOR COULD SEE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY POST INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND, NOT FINDING ANY DAMAGE, RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.