# Accident 20180519005609A: Piper PA-14, Vashon Island, WA, May 19, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2018, 20:00 local time
- Place: Vashon Island, WA
- Airport: Vashon Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4586° N, 122.4769° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4586&lon=-122.4769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1423P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1423P-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-14 (registry code 7101402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-14
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 868 total, 149 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA290) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180519005609A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKE-OFF ROLL TO THE SOUTH, ACFT BEGAN WANDERING TO THE LEFT.  LEFT WING CONTACTED BRUSH/TREES ON EAST SIDE OF THE FIELD.  ACFT WAS AIRBORNE FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT LANDED NOSE FIRST INTO THE TALL GRASS AND GROUND LOOPED IN A COUNTER CLOCKWISE DIRECTION.  RIGHT WING TIP DUG INTO A MARSHY PART OF THE FIELD.  PIC BELIEVES HE WAS PUSHING ON HIS RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL AND THE RIGHT SEATERS LEFT RUDDER PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME, PREVENTING HIM FROM CORRECTING THE ACFT BACK TO CENTERLINE.

## 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 GAA18CA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA290), May 20, 2018: Piper PA 14 (N1423P), Vashon, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll due to his right foot inadvertently applying pressure to both rudder pedals.

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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