- Date
- August 2, 1992, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocracoke, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3732KPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920802028679A
- Case key
- 8640
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors were the pilot's lack of recent total experience, and the crosswind conditions, and the dirt bank adjacent to the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot overflew the airport and checked the winds. After touchdown on runway 6, he lost directional control of the airplane, and it collided with a sand dune. Although the pilot reported winds to be from 060 degrees, an FAA inspector reported that crosswinds prevailed at the time. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane. Further investigation revealed that the student pilot did not have a current solo endorsement on his student certificate, and he had logged only 2 hours of flight time in the previous 12 months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3732K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23709
- Airframe hours
- 2,808
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Miller, James H.
- Registered owner
- Miller, James H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- MRH · Beaufort, NC
- Airport
- W95 · Ocracoke Island, runway 6, 3,000 × 60 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 6 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWN, 53 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.