# Accident 20181018020269A: Piper PA-28-151, Hastings, MI, October 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2018, 09:58 local time
- Place: Hastings, MI
- Airport: Hastings Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6644° N, 85.3453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6644&lon=-85.3453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41390, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41390-2021-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (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-28-151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181018020269A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 18, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:58 AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A PA-28-151 AIRCRAFT, N41390, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY A STUDENT WHEN DEPARTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 30 WHILE LANDING AT THE HASTINGS AIRPORT (9D9) IN HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

THE SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE HASTINGS AIRPORT PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE (9D9) AROUND 9:00 AM EDT.

ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT AND HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WHO WAS OBSERVING THIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 ON ITS FINAL PLANNED LANDING. JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN, BOTH THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR NOTED THE RIGHT WING LIFTED SLIGHTLY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FIRST. SHORTLY AFTER ALL LANDING GEAR WERE ON THE SURFACE, THE STUDENT FELT THE AIRCRAFT VEER LEFT. RIGHT RUDDER INPUT HAD INSUFFICIENT EFFECT TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM DEPARTING THE RUNWAY AND TRAVERSING A DITCH RUNNING PARALLEL TO AND APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE UNEVEN TERRAIN AND A RUNWAY MARKING SIGN, COMING TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 30 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH TURF RUNWAY 36. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH WING TIPS AND THE LEFT WING PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE, AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO ALL THREE LANDING GEAR, THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE COWLING.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE WEATHER REPORT AT GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (GRR) AIRPORT AT 1353Z WAS: WIND 180 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, FEW CLOUDS AT 4,000 FEET, TEMP 03, DEW POINT -01, AND ALTIMETER 3051.

## 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 GAA19CA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA028), Oct 18, 2018: Piper PA28 (N41390), Hastings, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in the airplane landing sideways and a subsequent runway excursion.

## Other reports on N41390 (1)

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

- [Incident 20050520013339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050520013339I), May 20, 2005: Piper PA28151 (N41390), Clare, MI, Minor damage. (-23) While landing on rwy 04 at Clare, MI. And while decelerating a deer ran into leading edge of right wing causing minor damage.

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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