- Date
- June 9, 2022, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Braunfels, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3798KPiper PA-28-140
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220609010219A
- Case key
- 105235
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student pilot reported that during the takeoff roll the airplane began “drifting to the left” of the runway centerline. The airplane briefly became airborne as the pilot attempted to apply opposite rudder. The airplane then landed hard and came to rest in a grassy area at the end of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage and nose wheel landing gear. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3798K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23733
- Built
- 1967
- Airframe hours
- 3,591.1
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320-E2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Texas Aviation Acaemy
- Registered owner
- Baker Herman L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 23, 2022
- Departed
- BAZ · New Braunfels, TX
- Destination
- BAZ · New Braunfels, TX
- Airport
- BAZ · New Braunfels Rgnl, runway 17, 5,364 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 25, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 19 in this make and model · 0 as pilot in command · 0 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- KBAZ
- METAR
- KBAZ 090614Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM BKN017 27/23 A2994 RMK AO2 T02670233
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 27, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 9.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.