- Date
- August 25, 1992, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9749WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920825033019A
- Case key
- 8651
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot in command to maintain control of the airplane, and his improper use of the rudder during a go-around.
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 student pilot was returning to the departure airfield following his initial solo, cross country, instructional flight. According to him, during landing he flared the airplane too high above the runway & began a go around. He stated that the rate of climb was insufficient & the airplane was drifting left. The airplane collided with the roof of the fixed base operator's building with the left wing, spun 180 degrees, & came to rest, upright, on its wheels.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9749W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23232
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley, Leroy & Valerie
- Registered owner
- Stanley, Leroy & Valerie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 45J · Rockingham, NC
- Destination
- 3A4
- Airport
- 3A4 · Southeast Greensboro, runway 17, 3,063 × 30 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 2 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 15 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.