- Date
- December 28, 1989, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Griffith, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2605PPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891228053649A
- Case key
- 14609
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control and his improper use of (normal) brakes. His decision to make a running takeoff, his lack of total experience, and the snowbank were contributing factors.
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
After the student pilot performed uneventful touch-&-go landings, his flt instructor (CFI) exited the acft to allow the student to fly solo. The student taxied back to the rwy. He stated he 'rolled out onto the runway without stopping, centered the plane on the runway, and applied full throttle,' but the plane got out of control. He closed the throttle &'locked up' the brakes. Subsequently, the acft collided with a pile of plowed snow & came to rest aprx 20 ft off the left side of the rwy. The student had nearly 18 hrs of flt time, of which, 1/2 hr was solo time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2605P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A1043
- Airframe hours
- 3,622
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Great Northern Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner
- Great Northern Arcft Sales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 13, 1989 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 05C
- Destination
- 05C
- Airport
- 05C · Griffith, runway 26, 4,013 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYY, 6 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.