- Date
- April 22, 1993, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lafayette, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5334FPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930422009879A
- Case key
- 8737
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft.
Analysis
The student pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, he lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft veered off the right side of the runway, and struck an embankment.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5334F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-9715101
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Northwest Georgia Aviation
- Registered owner
- Northwest Georgia Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 22, 1993 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 9A5
- Destination
- 9A5
- Airport
- 9A5 · Barwick County Airport, runway 2, 4,700 × 50 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA, 30 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.