# Accident 20221105013449A: Piper PA-28-181, Mesquite, TX, November 5, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2022, 08:12 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 3USS
- Location: 32.7470° N, 96.5304° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7470&lon=-96.5304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N787TF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N787TF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221105013449A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED KADS TO KHQZ FOR SECOND LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT. THE INTENDED PLAN WAS TO COMPLETE 3 TOUCH AND GOES IN THE PATTERN AT HQZ THEN RETURN TO ADS. DURING THE FIRST LANDING AT HQZ THE STUDENT REPORTED LANDING WAS SMOOTHE BUT WAS SLIGHTLY OFF CENTERLINE.

UPON INITIATING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL THE STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BACK TO CENTER LINE BUT STARTED TO SWERVE. THIS INDUCED A SERIES OF OSCILLATIONS THAT STARTED TO GET MORE DRAMATIC. UPON REALIZING THAT IT WAS NOT CORRECTABLE THE STUDENT REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE. AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS POINTED ROUGHLY 30 DEGREES LEFT OF CENTER LINE. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED ONE MORE TIME TO THE RIGHT AND THEN BACK TO THE LEFT. ON THE LAST TURN TO THE LEFT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND HIT A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE MOST RECENT WEATHER REPORTED WINDS OF 310 AT 6KTS, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ROUGHLY A 4-5KT CROSSWIND.

DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT HITTING THE DRAINAGE DITCH WHICH WAS ROUGHLY 4FT WIDE BY 8 FT LONG AND ESTIMATED 4 FT DEEP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE RESULTING IN THE NOSE WHEEL FORK AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO BE TORN OFF. ALSO, THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING DUE TO RIPPLING OF THE SKIN.

## 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 CEN23LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA026), Nov 5, 2022: Piper PA-28-181 (N787TF), Mesquite, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while taking off from a touch and go landing.

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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