- Date
- July 18, 2005, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N143PFPiper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Atlanta FSDO-11
- FAA report
- 20050718015579A
- Case key
- 62000
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of normal braking and the failure to maintain directional control during landing. Also causal was the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight which resulted in a collision with the ground.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The certified flight instructor (CFI) stated the private pilot had just completed a simulated single engine approach and the airplane touched down on runway 31. The CFI informed the pilot to apply brakes so he could turn off at the mid filed taxi way. The pilot applied brakes and the airplane veered to the left. The CFI verbally instructed the pilot to get off the brakes and completed a positive transfer of the flight controls while applying right rudder. The airplane continued to veer to the left. The CFI applied full right rudder, and assumed the airplane kept going to the left because the left main landing gear tire was flat. The airplane went off the left side of the runway and the left main landing gear collided with uneven terrain and collapsed. Examination of the runway revealed skid marks were present 1,400 feet from the approach end of the runway and extended 345 yards to where the right main landing gear left a gouge in the sod area west of the runway. Examination of the left main landing gear tire revealed the tire was flat with a flat spot and hole present in the tire. A functional check of the brake system revealed no anomalies.
Factual narrative
On July 18, 2005, at 1300 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-34-200, N143PF, registered to KD Aviation Enterprise Inc., operated by Falcon Aviation as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, went off the left side of the runway at Peachtree City/Falcon Field on Landing roll out. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage. The commercial pilot rated flight instructor (CFI) and private pilot receiving instruction reported no injuries. The flight originated from Athens, Georgia, on July 18, 2005 at 1205.
The CFI stated the private pilot was flying the airplane from the left seat and had just completed a simulated single engine approach. The airplane touched down on runway 31 and the CFI informed the pilot to apply brakes so he could turn off at the mid filed taxi way. The pilot applied brakes and the airplane veered to the left. The CFI verbally instructed the pilot to get off the brakes and completed a positive transfer of the flight controls while applying right rudder. The airplane continued to veer to the left. The CFI applied full right rudder, and assumed the airplane kept going to the left because the left main landing gear tire was flat. The airplane went off the left side of the runway and the left main landing gear collided with uneven terrain and collapsed.
Examination of the runway revealed skid marks were present 1,400 feet from the approach end of the runway and extended 345 yards to where the right main landing gear left a gouge in the sod area west of the runway. Examination of the left main landing gear tire revealed the tire was flat with a flat spot and hole present in the tire. A functional check of the brake system revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N143PF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7250074
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Falcom Aviation
- Registered owner
- KD Aviation Ent Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GA · Athens, GA
- Destination
- FFC · Peachtree City, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FFC · Peachtree City-Falcon Field, runway 31, 5,219 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 31
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2005
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 550 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 112 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.