- Date
- July 31, 1991, 10:08 local (15:08 UTC)
- Place
- Maple Lake, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55924Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910731030969A
- Case key
- 15133
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Probable cause
Directional control was not maintained by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 pilot said that after touchdown he encountered a wind gust and felt he would not have enough runway left to safely stop. He initiated an aborted landing which resulted in a loss of directional control in flight. The aircraft struck a ditch then rolled inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55924
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325531
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cadotte Avaition
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SAZ · Staplesmn, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Y33 · Maple Lake, runway 1, 2,796 × 60 ft, macadam
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 36 in this make and model · 44 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- HCD, 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.