# NTSB CHI88LA112: Piper PA-28-140, N15372, Sault Ste Marie, MI, May 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1988, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Sault Ste Marie, MI
- Coordinates: 46.479351, -84.360237 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4794&lon=-84.3602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14074
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14074/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA112

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff

## Analysis

DURING TAXI FOR TAKE-OFF, THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES AS HE NEARED THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, HE NOTED THAT HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS NOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE TAXIWAY AND STRUCK A FIRE HYDRANT, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N15372](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15372), registered now, S/N 28-7325050, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7325050
- Airframe hours: 3381
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Twin City Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 29, 1987, 12 hours before
- Departed: Y62
- Destination: Y62
- Airport: Y62, Sault Ste Marie Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 32 in this make and model, 12 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: Y62

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880507013729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507013729A), May 7, 1988: Piper STCPA28, Sault Ste Marie, MI, Substantial damage. Student misused brakes while taxiing. Departed taxiway and hit fire hydrant before stopping.

## Other investigations on N15372 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI76FEC24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEC24), Jan 29, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N15372), Ann Arbor, MI, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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