# NTSB ANC06LA022: Piper PA-24, N6094P, El Cajon, CA, March 5, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 5, 2006, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Coordinates: 32.816665, -116.966667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8167&lon=-116.9667&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: San Diego FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63303
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC06LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63303/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA022

## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in an on ground collision with a sign, and the collapse of the main landing gear.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - aborted
  - object - sign
- Gear collapsed, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The solo student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings on a dry, paved runway.  He said that after landing, as he applied full engine power for takeoff, the airplane veered to the left and continued off the left side of the runway. He aborted the takeoff, but the airplane's right main wheel struck a sign post and the right main landing gear collapsed.  The airplane's right wing struck the ground, and sustained substantial damage.  The student pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On March 5, 2006, about 1400 pacific standard time, a wheel equipped Piper PA-24 airplane, N6094P, sustained substantial damage while landing at the Gillespie Field Airport, El Cajon, California.  The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred.  The solo student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the Gillespie Field Airport about 1355.

During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on March 5, the student pilot reported that he was practicing touch-and-go landings on runway 27R, a dry paved runway.  He said that after landing, as he applied full engine power for takeoff, the airplane veered to the left and continued off the left side of the runway.  He aborted the takeoff, but the airplane's right main wheel struck a sign post and the right main landing gear collapsed.  The airplane's right wing struck the ground, and sustained substantial damage.

The student pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6094P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6094P-2013-08-14), registration cancelled 2013-08-14, S/N 24-1194, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-1194
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph C. Cason
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 1, 2005
- Departed: KSSE, El Cajon, CA
- Airport: KSEE, Gillespie Field Airport, runway 27R, 5,341 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 49; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.15 inHg
- Observed at: KSEE

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