# Accident 20190328002099A: Piper PA-28-140, Winder, GA, March 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2019, 09:00 local time
- Place: Winder, GA
- Airport: Winder-Barrow
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9828° N, 83.6672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9828&lon=-83.6672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6412W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6412W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 426 total, 65 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19CA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19CA289) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190328002099A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/28/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 LOCAL TIME, AT KWDR AIRPORT. WINDS 0.0KTS CLR 09/00. CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS TRAINING A STUDENT PILOT ON TRAFFIC PATTERN APPROACH AND LANDINGS, ON RUNWAY 31.

THEY PERFORMED TWO TOUCH AND GO'S  WITH STUDENT PILOT AT THE CONTROLS. ON THE THIRD APPROACH, THE FINAL LEG WAS A STABLE DESCENT, WITH CORRECT AIRSPEED AND GROUND AFFECT. THE STUDENT PILOT STARTED A CROSS-CONTROL INPUT WITH THE AIRCRAFT NOSE POINTING TO THE RIGHT. BEFORE, THE STUDENT PILOT COULD FLARE AND DESCEND FURTHER THE CFI TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS. HOWEVER, DUE TO LOW ALTITUDE AND CROSS CONTROL INPUT  THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT ONE OF THE RUNWAY SIGNS, SIGN# 2.

THE CFI CONTINUED TO RECOVER BY TAKING THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE, THE CFI CONTINUED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, AND RETURNED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER LANDING, THE CFI REALIZED THAT THE WING TIP HAD HIT AN OBJECT AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING

THE AIRCRAFT CONTROL WAS FREE AND CORRECT WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.

THE CFI TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP AND PARKED. THE FLIGHT SCHOOL AND FAA WAS NOTIFIED.

## 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 ERA19CA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19CA289), Mar 28, 2019: Piper PA28 (N6412W), Winder, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s loss of airplane control, the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, and the student's delay in relinquishing the flight controls, which resulted in the airplane striking a…

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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