- Date
- April 30, 1988, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wise, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7947NPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880430011279A
- Case key
- 11405
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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 plt was on his first solo flight and attempting his second solo landing when he was unable to maintain directional control in a left crosswind. The acft drifted right and the plt attempted to do a go-around to avoid going off the side of the rwy. The plt said he was unable to gain altitude. He then raised the flaps which was followed by a loss of control. The acft collided with rough terrain next to the rwy where the landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7947N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-5363
- Airframe hours
- 3,154
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bolding Aviation
- Registered owner
- H. H. Hayden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 2, 1987 · 27 hours before
- Airport
- LNP · Lonesome Pine, runway 6, 4,702 × 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots, gusting 10
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.