# Accident 20190606005999A: Piper PA-28-161, Westminster, MD, June 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2019, 11:00 local time
- Place: Westminster, MD
- Airport: Carroll County Regional Airpor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6083° N, 77.0078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6083&lon=-77.0078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9476R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9476R-2020-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 22 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19TA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190606005999A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR FLEW FROM GAI TO DMW.  AFTER MULTIPLE LANDINGS THE INSTRUCTOR EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT BEGAN SOLO FLIGHT.  THE INSTRUCTOR WAS STILL PRESENT ON THE FIELD.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING APPEARED NORMAL WITH A SLIGHT NOSE BOUNCE.  HE THEN INCREASE THROTTLE TO AVOID PORPOISING.  AT THIS TIME THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT AND INCREASING RIGHT RUDDER DID NOT CORRECT THE TURN.  HE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY A 30 DEGREE ANGLE AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, FORWARD FIREWALL, PROP, AND ENGINE MOUNTS.  DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWLING WAS CAUSED BY LIFTING STRAPS USED TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE EMBANKMENT.

WEATHER:  TEMP: 70F  DEW POINT: 68F  HUMIDITY: 94 %	WIND: SW  WIND SPEED: 6 MPH	  WIND GUST: 0MPH  PRESSURE: 28.9 IN  PRECIP: 0.0 IN  CONDITION: PARTLY CLOUDY

## 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 ERA19TA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA195), Jun 6, 2019: Piper PA28 (N9476R), Westminster, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N9476R (1)

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

- [Incident 19940111001299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940111001299I), Jan 11, 1994: Piper PA28161 (N9476R), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot had returned from local flight and re-fueled at fueling pump area. While taxiing to parking area aircraft struck fuel truck with left wing tip…

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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